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Why Everything Everywhere All At Once Is Addicted To Color — And What It Means
For a movie that’s nominated in the Best Costume Design category at the 2023 Oscars, Everything Everywhere All At Once uses every single shred of clothing to reinforce how we perceive these characters.
Particularly the color of their clothing.
My thesis is that this movie uses colors like red, green, white, black, and yellow to tell a story within a story that you might not have noticed upon your first viewing.
By the way, if you want to watch the VIDEO version of this analysis, click the video down below (and consider subbing to my channel).
The Colors Of Jobu Tupaki
Jobu’s seen wearing vibrant clothing with no real common thread or pattern throughout the movie.
It makes sense for Jobu, because she’s the embodiment of chaos and pointlessness.
Jobu’s wild mash up of every color on the rainbow is like staring at a 2nd graders drawing from school with every bright color you could…
