Lagerfeld Confidential (2006)
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Chanel head Karl Lagerfeld not only qualifies as one of the most resonantly successful and influential fashion designers of the late 20th century, but one of the most defiantly elusive. With the documentary portrait Lagerfeld Confidential, filmmaker Rodolphe Marconi attempts to change this status.… More Chanel head Karl Lagerfeld not only qualifies as one of the most resonantly successful and influential fashion designers of the late 20th century, but one of the most defiantly elusive. With the documentary portrait Lagerfeld Confidential, filmmaker Rodolphe Marconi attempts to change this status. For this film, Marconi gained rare and exclusive one-time access to the designer, and posits a series of direct onscreen questions to Lagerfeld about his famously clandestine personal life and his towering career in collaboration with such fashion giants as Pierre Balmain, Jean Patou, Repetto, Mario Valentino, and many others. Marconi spent two years shooting Lagerfeld (at the mercy of the designer's discretion about what was and wasn't filmed) and edited some 200 hours of Super-8 and HD footage down to feature length. In the finished film, Marconi repeatedly cuts back and forth between candidly shot on-location footage -- of Lagerfeld photographing models and actress Nicole Kidman, sketching out dress designs, mounting and coordinating catwalks -- and interview footage wherein Lagerfeld reflects at length on his upbringing, his career, his world views, and his proclivities (including atheism and active homosexuality since the age of 13). Deliberately or indeliberately, Marconi avoids extended discussion with Lagerfeld's critics and rivals in the fashion industry. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 1 hr. 29 min.
- Directed By
- Rodolphe Marconi
- Genres
- Documentary, Special Interest
- In Theaters
- Oct 24, 2007 Wide
- On DVD
- Sep 2, 2008
- Studio
- Koch Lorber Films
Critic Reviews
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Sylvia Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle
In the end, Marconi's point of view makes for an ultimately frustrating, if still fascinating, 87 minutes of cinema.
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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
A serviceable docu-tease.
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, Los Angeles Times
[An] elegant documentary.
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Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Unfortunately, those without extensive previous knowledge of Lagerfeld's legendary career will find little here to enlighten them, a sad waste considering the relative lack of serious cinematic explorations into the fashion world.
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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Lagerfeld Confidential, while an undisciplined piece of filmmaking, offers a rare glimpse into the soul of the fashion world, with Lagerfeld, as he admits, surviving through his philosophical fixation on The New: life as the proverbial next season.
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