I like reading profiles of these slightly eccentric and one-of-a-kind creative characters but watching documentaries about them, I've always been a bit lazy. Still, this was available and since it is Karl Lagerfeld - one of the top eccentric fashion types I find interesting - I decided to go with it.
1.5 hours down from the initial cut which was four hours and which, in turn was edited from more than 300 hours of footage the director Rodolphe Marconi trailed Lagerfeld for two years to obtain. Apparently, the finalised version we see is the same one shown to Lagerfeld. Nothing was changed and there was no censorship in the course of the director's work. Naturally, I'll still take that with a pinch of salt since you can probably expect any director who pursued this opportunity and who actually got it, to proceed with some deference.
Still, I like knowing the conditions behind the making of a documentary, it aids the evaluation and enjoyment of information.
I don't find it a particularly good film but it is still a rather interesting expose of the man who revived Chanel. Without him, would anyone even give a hoot about the 2.55?
I liked seeing the clutter in his living quarters and office. Stacks and stacks of books and magazines strewn all over, numerable iPods scattered over, his Chrome Hearts and etc collection, rails of clothing waiting for their turn.
1.5 hours down from the initial cut which was four hours and which, in turn was edited from more than 300 hours of footage the director Rodolphe Marconi trailed Lagerfeld for two years to obtain. Apparently, the finalised version we see is the same one shown to Lagerfeld. Nothing was changed and there was no censorship in the course of the director's work. Naturally, I'll still take that with a pinch of salt since you can probably expect any director who pursued this opportunity and who actually got it, to proceed with some deference.
Still, I like knowing the conditions behind the making of a documentary, it aids the evaluation and enjoyment of information.
I don't find it a particularly good film but it is still a rather interesting expose of the man who revived Chanel. Without him, would anyone even give a hoot about the 2.55?
I liked seeing the clutter in his living quarters and office. Stacks and stacks of books and magazines strewn all over, numerable iPods scattered over, his Chrome Hearts and etc collection, rails of clothing waiting for their turn.
Watching him do a sketch was also a treat - the way he'd sign off with a flourish after drawing a frame around the paper.
Couple of things he talked about remain with me.
How he loves his job but emphasizes that fashion is not what he thinks about all the time. He spends just as much time on his photography and his reading.
He travels with a small, old pillow he'd put over his stomach when he flies. Slipped my mind but I believe he said his mother gave it to him. The picture on the pillow has faded and it's so old he puts it in a black pouch but he holds it over stomach in order to sleep well.
On the whole, Karl Lagerfeld came across most affable, humorous and likable on screen. It wasn't at all flamboyant, and if it was an act, he has spent his life cultivating and living it. But still, I found that while it was interesting, it wasn't very satisfying and left me wanting more.
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