The September Issue
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Movie Reviews of The September Issue
Movie Review: "Humanizing Anna"...or "Amazing Grace"
Summary: 5 Stars
'The September Issue' is a superb piece of work. I watch a lot of documentaries...this one ranks near the top (though Leon Gast's When We Were Kings still holds the crown). I expected no less from R.J. Cutler, producer of The War Room, but it exceeded my expectations. More than any film I've seen, it captures the hard work and relentless attention to detail that goes into making an enterprise like Vogue (1-year) a world leader.
Cutler's film also humanizes Vogue's editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, who lets us in - if ever so slightly - to her world. We see her with CEOs, world-class designers, Conde Nast corporate staff and, delightfully, at home in a relaxed conversation with her daughter. We also see Anna as industry hub and power broker, here placing up-and-coming designer Thaksoon into a deal with The Gap. [It's emblematic of the many similar deals that Ms. Wintour has swung, Thom Browne + Brooks Brothers being one of the better known examples.]
Cutler also skillfully juxtaposes Wintour with Vogue senior stylist and director, Grace Coddington. Though ostensibly Wintour's star turn, it's the talent, drive and guts of Ms. Coddington that make her the film's heart.
How did Vogue come to be the hub of the fashion world? Watch this film to see how.
Movie Review: Commercial Art Needs an Editor
Summary: 5 Stars
a lot of this movie pits grace ( the camera shoot stylist/ art director) vs anna, vogue magazine's influential editor and gatekeeper extraordinaire. GRACE is the artist...but an artist needs an editor, at least in the periodical genre. and i think they both 'get' each other's jobs; appreciate each other.
and in this brief slice of their lives, anna, the editor, all said and done, came around to seeing the beauty/continuity in grace's work, and to me that shows a humility and a bottom-line objectivity (genius?) that i wish i possessed. thing is, both anna and grace recognize(d) the brilliance in each other's work:
grace did so when she acknowledged, reluctantly, that 'fashion looks forward' and championed anna for introducing to vogue (years hence) something that had never been done before--placing a celebrity on the cover to not only spawn common folk's aspirations, but to feed the featured celebrities' need to be right with fashion--- to be the 'it' girls. suddenly, the celebrity had to be, not only conscientious of who they were, but WHO they were WEARING, and all of us 'little people' took note and voted... with (our) dollars.
so although i agree (with many) that this movie doesn't clip away at a frenetic pace, it didn't bother me a wit. i came away informed, sympathetic and in admiration of anna.
i loved this movie and fwiw, i'm a hyperactive "man's man" to boot! go figure...
oh, and btw, great music throughout. i'd buy the soundtrack if it was available.
Movie Review: TOTALLY ENJOYED IT
Summary: 5 Stars
Absolutely loved this documentary. It was fasinating to see how such a massive Vogue issue is put together. It also opened us up to the mysterious Anna Wintour without really removing any of her mystery as a very powerful fashion icon, or as a person. I don't know if this was due to the director, or Anna Wintour herself, but the documentary was effective in giving us just enough of Wintour so that we wanted to know more. Now, Grace Coddington. I could have done with MUCH less of her in the documentary. She came across as whining, tiring, angry, and bitter. I understand she doesn't get her way artistically with Wintour as much as she'd like, but geez . . . quit bitching about it, suck it up, and at least attempt to act like a professional . . . or move on. Coddington must really be excellent at her job; which, no doubt, is the only reason her bad attitude is tolerated at Vogue. I'd much rather work directly for a cold Anna Wintour than the angry, self-victimized Grace Coddington. It was strange to me that the other reviewers could only sing Coddington's praise . . . I found everything about her thoroughout the documentary -- short of her photos -- annoying as heck! Does this mean that artistic people are acceptable as emotional messes?Movie Review: A story about two people's desperate passion for the creation of beauty
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a male software developer who has no sense of fashion whatsoever. Yet, regardless of how remote the milieu of this documentary is from my own world, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and highly recommend it to anyone who has any passion for what they do.
"The September Issue" is a story about two people with a passion for the creation of beauty, Anna and Grace. They tustle with one another, and the outcome is an utterly satisfying one.
It is very subtly told, though. There is no Michael Moore, here, bashing one over the head with the message. The denoument is accomplished with one observation that a participant makes in the closing minutes of the film.
One review made a comment about Anna's lack of personality based on the lady's interview with David Letterman. I did not see that interview, but Anna's depth of feeling behind her reserve is readily apparent in the documentary, especially in a scene featuring her daughter.
Movie Review: The Powerful and Frank but not Evil or Frivilous Editor of Vouge Wears Prada
Summary: 5 Stars
This was an engaging, well rounded, and quick documentary! My thoughts were of the Devil Wears Prada when I was watching this movie, especially during any office scenes (they're near identical). But Anna Wintour isn't an evil, lonely sad woman. She's powerful, opinionated and articualte about what is and isn't good. The people who work around her respect her as opposed ot fearing her. She has a good family life, and probably wouldn't make Anne Hathaway procure the unpublished Harry Potter book for her daughter. This documentary focuses also on thsoe who work around Anna, such as Fashion Editor Grace. She's worked there are long as Anna and is a former model. A brilliant Fashion Editor. They follow the making of the 2007 September issue of Vogue, and many shoots and pieces they do. I loved it. It seemed to short. It'll fascinate even those not curious about fashion of thef 300 Billion world it commands.