Pret-A-Filmer: A Week of Fashion Films

Pret-A-Filmer: A Week of Fashion Films

MAY 30 - JUNE 5, 2008

Sponsored by Three Dollar Bill Cinema

 

This series of five documentary films celebrates fashion icons— those who made fashion and those who wore fashion in ways that changed the definition of style. In LAGERFELD CONFIDENTIAL, director Rodolphe Marconi follows contemporary fashion's biggest star, Karl Lagerfeld, as he navigates his life in a black-and-white whirl of air kisses and endless rounds of black coffee and champagne. Two intimate documentaries by David Teboul track legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent as he prepares his final women’s collection before his retirement in 2002 — the first and last time St. Laurent allowed cameras into his atelier. The series also includes Loïc Prigent’s MARC JACOBS & LOUIS VUITTON, which journeys inside the professional world of designer Marc Jacobs as he had his team conceptualize, refine and execute two Spring 2007 collections. This series proves that though fashions may change over time, these icons are timeless.

Series pass $15/NWFF members, $25/general

 

Yves Saint Laurent - 5 Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris

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May 31 - Jun 07, 2008

David Teboul, 2002, 85 min

In November 2001, the doors of 5 Avenue Marceau were opened for the first time to reveal a secret place: Yves Saint Laurent's couture house. The director, David Teboul, spent over three months within the walls of this building with total freedom to move about and shoot his film. In a world of mirrors, where agitation is handled with kid gloves and filled with punctilious coddling, 5 AVENUE MARCEAU 75116 PARIS is a serious meeting with the legendary designer at close quarters, in his place of work, from the original sketch to the final garment. The film is a study of the loneliness, obsession, and eccentricity that accompany the designer as well as of the disappointment and happiness he gains from his work.

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Yves Saint Laurent - His Life and Times

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May 31 - Jun 01, 2008

David Teboul, 2002, 77 min

A man of culture and a consummate artist, Yves Saint-Laurent has been one of the most influential designers of the past forty years. His innovations, such as the pantsuit for women, have revolutionized fashion. This documentary traces his career, from his happy youth in colonial Algeria to his most recent collections. At age seventeen, Yves Saint-Laurent started his career at Christian Dior’s couture house where he quickly became the designer’s protégé and heir. He became the darling of the wealthy elite, although he strived to “liberate fashion” and make it more accessible. In this piece, the designer speaks freely and candidly about his private and professional life, recollecting important moments and difficult times. Interviews of his close friends and collaborators (including Pierre Bergé and Loulou de la Falaise) shed light on Yves Saint-Laurent’s personality. Using a rich array of photos and fashion footage, David Teboul paints a moving portrait of Yves Saint-Laurent.

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Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton

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Jun 02 - Jun 04, 2008

Loïc Prigent, France, 2007, 75 min

Bringing the same intimate insight into the fashion world as his previous acclaimed documentary series SIGNE CHANEL, filmmaker Loïc Prigent focuses on Marc Jacobs, called the most influential designer of his generation. This witty and colorful portrait follows Jacobs as he balances roles as artistic director of venerable French house Louis Vuitton and his own eponymous American line, in meetings, preparing collections and at high-profile shows. With Naomi Campbell, Sophia Coppola and Uma Thurman.

"Artfully told with humor and panache" –VOGUE

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Search and Rescue: Ephemeral Fashions

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Jun 05, 2008

PRÊT-À-FILMER: A WEEK OF FASHION FILMS

Our ongoing exploration of 16mm cinematic detritus celebrates the secret life of clothes and those who love them. Clothes and cloth, when filmed independent of the body parts that normally give them meaning, are revealed as estranged, dreamlike, playful and elusive—making them potent symbols of fascination, desire, emotion and sensual pleasure.

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Lagerfeld Confidential

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May 30 - Jun 05, 2008

Rodolphe Marconi, France, 2007, 35mm, 89 min

 

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

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