James Crump on Antonio Lopez: "Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, Chris von Wangenheim, you know, Avedon, Penn - he's working at the same level, yet he is an illustrator." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Another highlight of this year's Doc NYC is James Crump's Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco screening in the Metropolis competition. The film on the famed fashion illustrator features Jessica Lange, Grace Jones, Jerry Hall, Bill Cunningham, Yves Saint Laurent, Donna Jordan, Pat Cleveland, Jane Forth, Corey Tippin, Grace Coddington, Patti D’Arbanville, Karl Lagerfeld, Joan Juliet Buck, Bob Colacello, Paul Caranicas, Juan Ramos, Tina and Michael Chow with film clips including Bertrand Bonello's Saint Laurent, Pierre Thoretton's L'Amour Fou, and Andy Warhol's L'Amour.
Antonio Lopez: "He was embracing this idea of diversity and inclusivity in the mid-Sixties when today people are taking credit for the diversity of the runway."
James Crump (director...
Another highlight of this year's Doc NYC is James Crump's Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco screening in the Metropolis competition. The film on the famed fashion illustrator features Jessica Lange, Grace Jones, Jerry Hall, Bill Cunningham, Yves Saint Laurent, Donna Jordan, Pat Cleveland, Jane Forth, Corey Tippin, Grace Coddington, Patti D’Arbanville, Karl Lagerfeld, Joan Juliet Buck, Bob Colacello, Paul Caranicas, Juan Ramos, Tina and Michael Chow with film clips including Bertrand Bonello's Saint Laurent, Pierre Thoretton's L'Amour Fou, and Andy Warhol's L'Amour.
Antonio Lopez: "He was embracing this idea of diversity and inclusivity in the mid-Sixties when today people are taking credit for the diversity of the runway."
James Crump (director...
- 11/6/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Yves Saint Laurent, the fashion maven whose career stretched across nearly half a century, certainly lived an interesting life. You don't need to look much further than the movies for proof of his appeal: Pierre Thoretton's 2010 "L'Amour Fou" explored the ups and downs of his career, while Jalil Lespert's biopic "Yves Saint Laurent" opens Wednesday in New York. Then there's "Saint Laurent," another take on the Dior designer from French director Bertrand Bonello, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year and opens in the fall. It shouldn't come as a surprise that so many people are interested in this character's fascinating accomplishments. But while fashion films are often beautiful subjects, when it comes to biopics of designers, they often fall short. The Basic Biopic TrapI find that most "lives of the artists" films — whether they're narrative features or documentaries — often provide the same amount of insight into the life of.
- 6/24/2014
- by Gary M. Kramer
- Indiewire
French actor-turned-director Jalil Lespert (whose filmography behind the camera includes the unreleased in the U.S pair of 24 Measures and Headwinds) has nabbed a deal with The Weinstein Company for his bio-pic take on the rise of fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent. This will be the second time in just as many years that the Weinsteins grabbed a French film bio portrait that was simultaneously re-made in another shape or form – last year they had one of the two competing The War of the Buttons (“La Guerre des Boutons”) adaptations which had a unique duel showdown in France. We think we could Lespert’s Ysl portrait around the Vogue September issue month.
Gist: Starting as a designer/assistant for Christian Dior, Saint Laurent became one of the biggest names in modern fashion. Today, his name is still synonym with exuberance and class. Nonetheless, as most other geniuses, the designer lived a turbulent life,...
Gist: Starting as a designer/assistant for Christian Dior, Saint Laurent became one of the biggest names in modern fashion. Today, his name is still synonym with exuberance and class. Nonetheless, as most other geniuses, the designer lived a turbulent life,...
- 3/22/2013
- by Carlos Aguilar
- IONCINEMA.com
1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Back in February I called Chris Ware’s poster “definitely an early contender for the best of 2011” and eight months later nothing has come close in terms of ingenuity, beauty and sheer graphic skill. It’s fitting that Uncle Boonmee was also one of the year’s best films. Read all about it here.
2. The Trip
Not the official poster for Michael Winterbottom’s foodie road trip, nor even the wonderful teaser poster which channelled Vik Muniz in a couple of dirty plates, but one of eight strikingly varied and witty alternative posters designed by Mojo, for what purpose I’m not entirely sure. All of them were terrific—you can see them here—and I’m ranking them second for the collective effort, but my favorite was this take on the great 1932 Dubonnet posters of A.M. Cassandre (whose Triplex poster...
Back in February I called Chris Ware’s poster “definitely an early contender for the best of 2011” and eight months later nothing has come close in terms of ingenuity, beauty and sheer graphic skill. It’s fitting that Uncle Boonmee was also one of the year’s best films. Read all about it here.
2. The Trip
Not the official poster for Michael Winterbottom’s foodie road trip, nor even the wonderful teaser poster which channelled Vik Muniz in a couple of dirty plates, but one of eight strikingly varied and witty alternative posters designed by Mojo, for what purpose I’m not entirely sure. All of them were terrific—you can see them here—and I’m ranking them second for the collective effort, but my favorite was this take on the great 1932 Dubonnet posters of A.M. Cassandre (whose Triplex poster...
- 12/30/2011
- MUBI
Pierre Thoretton's L'Amour Fou tells the story of the 50-year love affair between Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge.
The framework is provided by Berge’s journey between each of the pair's opulent homes - from Paris to Normandy to the Moroccan retreat where Ysl's ashes were scattered - ahead of a record-breaking Sotheby's auction where many of the couple's possessions - including revered works of art by Mondrian, Goya and other masters - were sold off to eager collectors.
The camera lingers over each of these homes, as though Berge is trying to commit it all to memory. But, as he reveals, selling off a lifetime of possessions is one thing. Saying goodbye to a partner, closing his eyes for the final time and wishing him farewell, is another thing entirely.
Through Berge's own eyes, we see Yves in changing incarnation - from the shy man...
The framework is provided by Berge’s journey between each of the pair's opulent homes - from Paris to Normandy to the Moroccan retreat where Ysl's ashes were scattered - ahead of a record-breaking Sotheby's auction where many of the couple's possessions - including revered works of art by Mondrian, Goya and other masters - were sold off to eager collectors.
The camera lingers over each of these homes, as though Berge is trying to commit it all to memory. But, as he reveals, selling off a lifetime of possessions is one thing. Saying goodbye to a partner, closing his eyes for the final time and wishing him farewell, is another thing entirely.
Through Berge's own eyes, we see Yves in changing incarnation - from the shy man...
- 11/4/2011
- by Caroline Frost
- Huffington Post
Release Date: Sept. 27, 2011
Price: DVD $24.98
Studio: IFC
Yves Saint Laurent does what he does so well in a vintage still from L'Amour Fou.
First-time director Pierre Thoretton crafts a tribute to legendary fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent in the 2010 documentary L’Amour Fou. The film examines Laurent’s relationship with his friend, business partner and years-long companion Pierre Bergé.
Upon Yves Saint Laurent’s death in 2008, Bergé decided to sell their private art collection, a sale considered to be “the auction of the century.” Each object and art piece — many of which are examined in this movie — seems to tell a story about their personal lives.
Filled with rare material archives and exclusive images of Laurent and Bergé’s homes, L’Amour Fou (a French expression that roughly translates into “crazy love” in English) played film festivals around the world, including the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The documentary...
Price: DVD $24.98
Studio: IFC
Yves Saint Laurent does what he does so well in a vintage still from L'Amour Fou.
First-time director Pierre Thoretton crafts a tribute to legendary fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent in the 2010 documentary L’Amour Fou. The film examines Laurent’s relationship with his friend, business partner and years-long companion Pierre Bergé.
Upon Yves Saint Laurent’s death in 2008, Bergé decided to sell their private art collection, a sale considered to be “the auction of the century.” Each object and art piece — many of which are examined in this movie — seems to tell a story about their personal lives.
Filled with rare material archives and exclusive images of Laurent and Bergé’s homes, L’Amour Fou (a French expression that roughly translates into “crazy love” in English) played film festivals around the world, including the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The documentary...
- 8/23/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
If you're in Australia or New Zealand then we have a treat for you today: we're releasing the festival hit fashion documentary Yves Saint Laurent - L'amour fou (Pierre Thoretton, UK/France) a day before it comes out on DVD. Yves Saint Laurent built one of fashion’s most celebrated empires, and this moving documentary chronicles his rise, his lifelong partnership with Pierre Bergé and their decision to auction off a lifetime of precious art and objects. Additional bonus exclusive for Mubi PS3 users: we're showing an hour of extra footage about Yves Saint Laurent exclusively through August 7.
- 7/20/2011
- MUBI
"Lu Chuan's City of Life and Death has the title and the feel of a monument," writes J Hoberman in the Voice. "This widescreen, austerely monochromatic, two-hour-plus collective drama — depicting the worst indignity inflicted by foreigners on modern China, as well as the most terrible atrocity in the run-up to World War II — might have been hewed from rock and colored by soot."
Further in, he notes that the film "frequently, if superficially, adopts a Japanese point of view, something that evidently infuriated a sizable chunk of the Chinese audience. (The movie would have been pulled from theaters after one week were it not for the protection of the Communist Party's chief propagandist; although a popular hit, it received no official awards.) On the festival circuit since 2009, the film has been well-received by foreign critics, recognizing a historical epic in the Griffith-Lean-Spielberg tradition."
This reception bugs Michael Joshua Rowin, writing...
Further in, he notes that the film "frequently, if superficially, adopts a Japanese point of view, something that evidently infuriated a sizable chunk of the Chinese audience. (The movie would have been pulled from theaters after one week were it not for the protection of the Communist Party's chief propagandist; although a popular hit, it received no official awards.) On the festival circuit since 2009, the film has been well-received by foreign critics, recognizing a historical epic in the Griffith-Lean-Spielberg tradition."
This reception bugs Michael Joshua Rowin, writing...
- 5/11/2011
- MUBI
Updated through 4/30.
"At first it was about neighborhood," begins Eric Hynes in the Voice. "Then it was about stars, parties, and supersizing. But finally, for its 10th incarnation, the Tribeca Film Festival (April 20-May 1) seems to be about movies. Gone are the superfluous, attention-sucking Hollywood premieres (Tom Cruise on a Jet Ski, anyone?), and few are the big-name, low-quality vanity projects. Several years into a vital slimming of the slate — the fest topped out at 176 films in 2005; this year, it's a manageable 93 — Tff remains New York's largest film survey."
To celebrate Tribeca's 10th, we're running a retrospective of some of the best films the festival's shown over the past decade here at Mubi. Happy viewing.
"A notoriously uneven assemblage of titles, Tribeca aspires toward something like a mini Toronto, but despite, in recent years, bringing such important films as Jia Zhangke's Still Life and Mohammad Rasoulof's The White Meadows...
"At first it was about neighborhood," begins Eric Hynes in the Voice. "Then it was about stars, parties, and supersizing. But finally, for its 10th incarnation, the Tribeca Film Festival (April 20-May 1) seems to be about movies. Gone are the superfluous, attention-sucking Hollywood premieres (Tom Cruise on a Jet Ski, anyone?), and few are the big-name, low-quality vanity projects. Several years into a vital slimming of the slate — the fest topped out at 176 films in 2005; this year, it's a manageable 93 — Tff remains New York's largest film survey."
To celebrate Tribeca's 10th, we're running a retrospective of some of the best films the festival's shown over the past decade here at Mubi. Happy viewing.
"A notoriously uneven assemblage of titles, Tribeca aspires toward something like a mini Toronto, but despite, in recent years, bringing such important films as Jia Zhangke's Still Life and Mohammad Rasoulof's The White Meadows...
- 4/30/2011
- MUBI
When you start viewing the selections of a film festival, the initial few will definitely color your expectations for the rest. What were the curators thinking? you might just ponder,
Happily, the first offering of this year's Tribeca Film Festival that I screened was Pierre Thoretton's superb documentary on the designer Yves Saint Laurent, L'Amour Fou, a true must-see if you adore fashion, interior design, the Sixties and Seventies, travel, and an exploration of depressed genius with guest appearances by Andy Warhol and Mick Jagger.
read more...
Happily, the first offering of this year's Tribeca Film Festival that I screened was Pierre Thoretton's superb documentary on the designer Yves Saint Laurent, L'Amour Fou, a true must-see if you adore fashion, interior design, the Sixties and Seventies, travel, and an exploration of depressed genius with guest appearances by Andy Warhol and Mick Jagger.
read more...
- 4/14/2011
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
Xavier Beauvois' "Of Gods and Men" dominated the nominations of the 36th Annual Cesar Awards, the French equivalent of the Oscars. "Of Gods" received 11 nominations total and will compete against Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur), Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique), Mammuth, Le Nom Des Gens, The Ghost Writer, and On Tour for Best Film.
The Social Network, Invictus, Inception, Illegal, The Secret In Their Eyes, Bright Star, and Les Amours Imaginaires will duke it out for the Best Foreign Film category.
Jodie Foster will preside over the ceremony and Quentin Tarantino will be given an honorary Cesar award. The 36th Annual Cesar Awards will be held on Feb. 25th.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Film
Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur), dir: Pascal Chaumeil
Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes Et Des Dieu), dir: Xavier Beauvois
Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique), dir: Joann Sfar
Mammuth, dir: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Le Nom Des Gens, dir: Michel Leclerc
The Ghost Writer,...
The Social Network, Invictus, Inception, Illegal, The Secret In Their Eyes, Bright Star, and Les Amours Imaginaires will duke it out for the Best Foreign Film category.
Jodie Foster will preside over the ceremony and Quentin Tarantino will be given an honorary Cesar award. The 36th Annual Cesar Awards will be held on Feb. 25th.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Film
Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur), dir: Pascal Chaumeil
Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes Et Des Dieu), dir: Xavier Beauvois
Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique), dir: Joann Sfar
Mammuth, dir: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Le Nom Des Gens, dir: Michel Leclerc
The Ghost Writer,...
- 1/21/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
With three in the Director's Fortnight and one in the Main Comp for good measure, Films Distribution are making a significant contribution to Cannes this year – my money is on Katell Quillevere's Un Poison Violent (see pic above) but Wang Xiaoshuai, Jean-Stéphane Bron's doc on white collar crimes that hinder the working man and an immigrant tale gone wrong portrait from Olivier Masset-Depasse could make this a great year for the distributor. Something to look forward to in the near future: Yann Samuell's next effort. - With three in the Director's Fortnight and one in the Main Comp for good measure, Films Distribution are making a significant contribution to Cannes this year – my money is on Katell Quillevere's Un Poison Violent (see pic above) but Wang Xiaoshuai, Jean-Stéphane Bron's doc on white collar crimes that hinder the working man and an immigrant...
- 5/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
London -- Studio Canal-owned U.K. distribution label Optimum Releasing is loading up its slate for this year and beyond, picking up release duties to nine titles including Terrence Malick's untitled movie due to shoot later this year in Oklahoma.
Written by Malick, the romantic drama boasts a cast including Christian Bale, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem and Olga Kurylenko.
Also on the slate is Luc Besson's fantasy action adventure "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec," starring Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, and Jean-Paul Rouve. Set in early 20th Century Paris, the movie tells the story of a popular novelist/detective and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, dinosaurs, and other distractions and is based on cartoonist Jacques Tardi's original stories.
Fight choreographer Yuen Woo Ping's martial arts adventure "True Legend" and Tony Jaa's "Ong Bak 3" also highkick their way onto Optimum's release slate.
Written by Malick, the romantic drama boasts a cast including Christian Bale, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem and Olga Kurylenko.
Also on the slate is Luc Besson's fantasy action adventure "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec," starring Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, and Jean-Paul Rouve. Set in early 20th Century Paris, the movie tells the story of a popular novelist/detective and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, dinosaurs, and other distractions and is based on cartoonist Jacques Tardi's original stories.
Fight choreographer Yuen Woo Ping's martial arts adventure "True Legend" and Tony Jaa's "Ong Bak 3" also highkick their way onto Optimum's release slate.
- 4/8/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paris -- Optimum Releasing will bring Yves Saint Laurent's fashion to the U.K. after outfitting themselves in Pierre Thoretton's documentary "L'Amour Fou" about the iconic fashion designer in Berlin, the film's sales agent Films Distribution confirmed Monday.
The film, which means "Crazy Love" in French, focuses on the auction following Saint Laurent's death and uses archives and images to tell the story of the relationship between the designer and his life companion, Pierre Berge.
Films Distribution also secured pre-sales for the documentary and love story in territories including Benelux, Switzerland and Australia.
A pre-buy for a documentary film is rare for a major U.K. buyer like Optimum, but this won't be the first time film and fashion collide for the seller and the distributor -- Films Distribution also sold fellow fashion feature "Coco Before Chanel" to Optimum for its July 2009 U.K. release.
The film, which means "Crazy Love" in French, focuses on the auction following Saint Laurent's death and uses archives and images to tell the story of the relationship between the designer and his life companion, Pierre Berge.
Films Distribution also secured pre-sales for the documentary and love story in territories including Benelux, Switzerland and Australia.
A pre-buy for a documentary film is rare for a major U.K. buyer like Optimum, but this won't be the first time film and fashion collide for the seller and the distributor -- Films Distribution also sold fellow fashion feature "Coco Before Chanel" to Optimum for its July 2009 U.K. release.
- 2/22/2010
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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