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“The Hunger Games,” directed by Gary Ross, is the first in a planned series based on a trilogy of dystopian young adult novels by Suzanne Collins. The teaser footage, which Lawrence introduced from the movie’s North Carolina set, reveals little of the visual ambition of the books’ science-fiction setting. There is no sign of District 12–the bleak, coal mining region from which Katniss hails–nor the sleek Capitol District, where the stylish and powerful reside. Also absent are the series’s fantastical fashions, such as Katniss’ “girl on fire” dress, and mutant creatures, like the arena’s deadly “tracker jacker wasps.” The movie’s hairdressers have delivered Katniss’ distinctive side braid–this may replace Princess Leia’s buns as a new generation’s Comic-Con coiffure of choice–but her wardrobe suggests the future looks a lot like a Lands’ End catalog.
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