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An affectionate portrait created with visual flair, Diana Vreeland is entertaining, informative, and stylish, due in large part to its charismatic subject. Read critic reviews

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Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel Photos

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2011)

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Movie Info

The story of the legendary editor of "Harper's Bazaar" and "Vogue."

Rating:

PG-13 (Some Nude Images)
Genre:

documentary, biography
Original Language:

English
Director:

Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Producer:

Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Writer:

Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng
Release Date (Theaters):

Sep 21, 2012 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):

$1.0M
Runtime:

1h 17m
Production Co:

Gloss Studio

Cast & Crew

David Bailey

Lillian Bassman

Manolo Blahnik

Bob Colacello

Hubert de Givenchy

Oscar de la Renta

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Critic Reviews for Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

All Critics (71) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (67) | Rotten (4)

Fantastic fun. It's full of energy and zing, just like its subject, although, just like its subject, it also feels less than truthful somehow.

September 1, 2018 | Full Review…

Deborah Ross
The Spectator
We suspect that in her imperious voice, Vreeland would say she was mad about it, and she'd mean it as a measure of praise.

January 24, 2013 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Joe Williams
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
She wanted you to look and look again, and this film is full of images which make you do just that.

November 22, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald
There's something marvellously comic about her, an effect reinforced by her refined yet raucous baritone voice.

November 22, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Jake Wilson
The Age (Australia)
Her life, and her work, transcended what we think of as "fashion." Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel celebrates a unique and uniquely determined woman.

November 1, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
Many people remember some of Diana Vreeland's famous pronouncements ("I adore pink! It is the navy blue of India!") but few remember actually hearing her speak. The documentary Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel takes care of that.

October 26, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Suzanne S. Brown
Denver Post
The late Vreeland is the subject of the absorbing 2011 documentary "Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel".

April 23, 2020 | Full Review…

Loren King
Newport This Week (RI)
The mixture of archive footage with contemporary interviews, photography and animation works exceptionally well and shows great craft.

February 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Lee Cassanell
CineVue
The late, great Diana Vreeland devoted her youth to reinventing herself-and her life-to redefine how the world sees beauty. While she may not have become a swan, she became something much more opulent and grand. A peacock, perhaps.

December 3, 2017 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…

Alexandra MacAaron
Women's Voices for Change
The limits placed on Immordino Vreeland by a presumed family obligation and her subject's superstructure persona create a fascinating narrative tension in an otherwise admirably executed but boilerplate personality piece.

September 11, 2017 | Full Review…

Michelle Orange
Capital New York
Although some of the dates and causal events in her life are passed over, the rhythm and style carry the narrative forward until the last 20 minutes, when the film mostly meanders to the finish.

April 21, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Matt Kelemen
Las Vegas CityLife
She was a fashion-industry icon and taste-maker for decades, working at Harper's and then Vogue in an era when magazine publishing was as adventuresome as painting, filmmaking and music.

February 25, 2013 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)