Unzipped

Unzipped
by Douglas Keeve

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Actor: Carla Bruni, Isaac Mizrahi, Natane Boudreau, Robert Best, Sandra Bernhard
Director: Douglas Keeve
Brand: MIZRAHI,ISAAC
Producer: David Pecker
Producer: Diana Schmidt
Producer: Dori Berinstein
Producer: Keith Estabrook
Producer: Michael Alden
Producer: Nina Santisi
Producer: Paul DeBenedictis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 73 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax

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Movie Review: Unsung heroes
Summary: 4 Stars

In 1995, Isaac Mizrahi, his A-list supermodels, and celebs like Sandra Bernhard were a fabulous sight to see working behind the scenes. How would they interact? Where does each find key inspiration? What past events brought them to this position? What do they wear? Are they as nice as they appear? We learn all this and more.

But a decade later, I am more fascinated at the quiet presence in this movie of people who have since become semi-famous:

Robert Best, from Season 3 of Project Runway, is present throughout Unzipped as Mizrahi's unsung assistant. Tricia Helfer of Battlestar Galactica and Padma Lakshmi of Top Chef appear as then-unknown models. Mizrahi praises another ever-present assistant, Nina, but we learn little about her.

Thanks to shows and movies such as Project Runway, The Devil Wears Prada, and Ugly Betty, audiences know more about fashion than they did in 1994. And so, while respecting that only so much ground could be covered in one movie, I am left wanting to know a bit more about the activities and inspirations of the workers that made Mizrahi's success possible.

This information as well as followup information about Mizrahi and the supermodels could have been provided as extras on the DVD but sadly, the DVD has no extras.

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Summary of Unzipped

Stunning supermodels and glamorous celebrities are all just part of the scene in UNZIPPED, a hilariously revealing look at the high-powered world of fashion! With exotic styles and featuring the world's sexiest models (Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, and more), it's the movie critics are calling one of the year's funniest!

Douglas Keeve's witty, energetic 1995 documentary about his then-lover, fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, begins with Mizrahi reading mixed reviews of his 1993 show of new outfits and then follows him for the next year as Mizrahi seeks inspiration for his next public showcase. Sardonic, witty, and immensely likable, Mizrahi sets about finding his new muse, which turns out to be a lively but unlikely marriage of "'50s cheesecake meets Eskimo fake fur." Keeve shows us most stages of the production process and the related disasters and heightened anxieties that attend. He also gives us a big finish with a fly-on-the-wall look at the backstage mania that fuels those celebrity-packed rituals, where leggy supermodels walk dispassionately down long runways. Some of the best, bitchiest stuff is in the way the busy models deal with the presence of Keeve's cameras: Naomi Campbell comes across as a crab while Cindy Crawford could easily be anybody's swell, flirty pal. But we already knew that, didn't we? Shot mostly in black and white, with color stock reserved, quite wisely, for the climactic big show. --Tom Keogh

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