Lagerfeld Confidential
May 30 - Jun 05, 2008
Rodolphe Marconi, France, 2007, 35mm, 89 min
Sponsored by Three Dollar CInema
Karl Lagerfeld – arguably one of the most influential fashion designers of the last half-century – takes center stage for this portrait of a fashion icon. Two years in the making, and created from over 200 hours of digital and Super 8 footage, Rodolphe Marconi takes us behind the distinctive black sunglasses into the world of one of the most powerful figures in the fashion business. Footage of Lagerfeld’s daily working routine – sketching dress designs, preparing catwalk shows, photographing models – is interspersed with candid interviews with the man himself. Lagerfeld recalls his youth and his rise to fame, which would eventually see him take the helm as head designer at Chanel. Shot over two years, and studded with appearances from the likes of Nicole Kidman, Anna Wintour and Baz Luhrmann, LAGERFELD CONFIDENTIAL delivers a startling look at how unthinkable luxury can coexist with unbelievable isolation. In French with English subtitles.
"Flashy, dazzling... It exerts an undeniable fascination that suggests a tantalizing synthesis of LET’S GET LOST and UNZIPPED." -Patrick Z. McGavin, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
"Diverting... Lagerfeld turns out to be an extraordinarily clever and monstrously interesting character." -Lisa Mullen, SIGHT & SOUND