Lagerfeld Confidential (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 34 Fresh: 14 Rotten:20 Average Rating: 4.7/10
Rated: Not Rated
Theatrical Release: Oct 26, 2007 Limited
Synopsis:
Fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld lies at the heart of this style-centric documentary from director Rodolphe Marconi (LOVE FORBIDDEN). [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Director: Rodolphe Marconi
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In the end, Marconi's point of view makes for an ultimately frustrating, if still fascinating, 87 minutes of cinema.
03/14/08 03:20 PM
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Unfortunately, those without extensive previous knowledge of Lagerfeld's legendary career will find little here to enlighten them, a sad waste considering the relative lack of serious cinematic explorations into the fashion world.
12/03/07 11:53 AM
Top Critic Lagerfeld Confidential, while an undisciplined piece of filmmaking, offers a rare glimpse into the soul of the fashion world, with Lagerfeld, as he admits, surviving through his philosophical fixation on The New: life as the proverbial next season.
11/07/07 04:09 PM
Top Critic Fascinating portrait of a decadent aristocrat with a flair for the beautiful.
10/27/07 11:47 AM
Comes off as something that might have been made by Lagerfeld's own army of publicists in Paris.
10/26/07 12:49 PM
Top Critic I learned a lot about Lagerfeld but nothing I felt an urgent need to know.
10/26/07 12:19 PM
Top Critic Engaging, frequently amusing and occasionally moving documentary about one of fashion's most fascinating figures.
10/26/07 09:20 AM
You learn only as much as Lagerfeld wants you to, which isn't very much at all.
10/26/07 09:11 AM
Lagerfeld embodies the high fashion life – his every move would provide enough material to fill The Devil Wears Prada ten times over, but our view is dulled by Marconi's bland questioning.
10/26/07 09:01 AM
Even by the unexacting standards of fashionista portraiture, this is a feeble effort.
10/26/07 08:50 AM
Talkative and witty as he is, Chanel bigwig Karl Lagerfeld is a stubbornly private man.
10/26/07 08:26 AM
We don't learn a lot from Rodolphe Marconi's up-close but annoyingly impersonal documentary, which devotes pointless minutes to KL dozing on planes, and snootily considers his importance a given.
10/26/07 08:01 AM
Know not to take tips from a man who has a ponytail and wears fingerless black gloves.
10/26/07 07:10 AM
Top Critic Lagerfeld's mannerisms and stage-props are a kind of armour which make intimacy impossible.
10/26/07 06:49 AM
If you’re one of those devils who wears Prada, seek it out. If your jeans don’t come with designer labels, you’re advised to look elsewhere.
10/26/07 05:06 AM
Top Critic Anyone hoping for a deeper insight into the fashion designer than his weakness for the construction industry should probably look somewhere other than the insubstantial documentary Lagerfeld Confidential.
10/26/07 04:55 AM
Lagerfeld keeps the shades down and the collar up in this glossy but inexpressive biography.
10/26/07 03:44 AM
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