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| Lagerfeld Confidential | 
| Director: Rodolphe Marconi
Actors: Nicole Kidman, Karl Lagerfeld, Princess Caroline Of Monaco
Studio: Koch Lorber Films
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 19167
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: French (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 89 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: KCHDKLF3148D
UPC: 741952314899
EAN: 0741952314899
ASIN: B001AZIRUE
Release Date: September 2, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Description
For the first time, Karl Lagerfeld, the innovative designed who has ruled the House of Chanel for more than two decades, agreed to trust a director to create an artwork based on his life. After three years of crosscrossing the globe filming the outspoken icon, Rudolphe Marconi unveils the inner workings of the influential and enigmatic star. DVD EXTRAS: Outtakes, Original Theatrical Trailer
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 Not much bang for the buck December 28, 2008
This documentary was like time travelling back in time to ask DaVinci how to boil water.
The filmmaker had one on one access to Lagerfeld and followed him for an extended amount of time. It was like a fan asking a favorite star all sorts of questions for their personal benefit. The rest of us were just SOL. Lagerfeld is an icon in the fashion world and we didn't get much perspective on it. There was a throwaway line about a 30 year relationship that was ended - though there was no explanation given.
Lagerfeld spend more time talking about his night pillow than his business or achievements.
If you are a fashion fan - just rent it - just don't expect a lot of insight.
I guess the hard core "School of Parsons" folks will get more out of than the "amateur" fashion fans.
 A Look At Lagerfeld November 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lagerfeld Confidential is an interesting look at Karl Lagerfeld. If you want a glimpse into the man behind Chanel, and his own line, this documentary will provide one. See him designing, photographing Chanel ads, walking the catwalk at the end of his shows. Watch him pack for a trip, see racks upon racks of his clothing, and try to count all the books and magazines stacked around his desk!
If you are looking for insight into what it takes to become a designer, or how a designer goes about creating a collection, you will not find it here. Much of the documentary is in French, with subtitles, so be prepared to watch and read (unless you speak French) in order to get every word.
A Fashion Icon September 20, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
"Lagerfeld Confidential"
A Fashion Icon
Amos Lassen
Director Rodolphe Marconi gives the viewer something of the mystery of Karl Lagerfeld by showing what goes on in the family life of the somewhat enigmatic international fashion icon.
For two years Lagerfeld worked with Marconi and the result was over 200 feet of film, most of it intimate. We get to see Lagerfeld designing a dress privately, giving public interviews, we see his work as a painter and photographer, and we see his collection of art books, learn of his work for Chanel and visit the Lagerfeld gallery. We also see him behind the scenes at international fashion shows and with celebrities from all over the world.
We learn secrets. We discover that Lagerfeld yearns for knowledge, that he loves movies and fine paintings, that he adores art deco. When he is away he sends gifts of chocolates to his assistants every Monday and after every fashion show he invites his employees to take what they want and this means that they are able to take with them some valuable creations.
Little has been known about the man's personal history--his childhood was dark, he rocked in the 80's. He was angry that Dior got the post at Chanel but then Lagerfeld began his own ascent. He can be tyrannical and he can laugh for hours and make others do the same. His life as a loner was changed by romance but he was later devastated by the death of the person who had shared his life
The film "Lagerfeld Confidential" is "a digression in the existence of a man who is a complete prisoner to the whirlwind of life, culture, art and books, condemned to never quench his thirst for knowledge and obliged to deal with media hysteria", says director Marconi. He further maintains that Lagerfeld is "part of French and worldwide heritage". Men like Karl Lagerfeld are threatened with extinction; his life is like fiction. He has been writing his memoirs but he will not allow them to be published and his life is one of intrigue. He is larger than life. With his many eccentricities, he has reached his pinnacle. He is a deep thinker and has a personal philosophy about life and fashion that makes good sense. He can face injustice and deal with it. He says his work is his life and lives in a world of shiny surfaces.
This is what the film lacks. There is so much about Lagerfeld to know and just when we think we are going to learn something we don't. What we get is an outside perspective and we do not get much more. But his personal life is really none of our business anyway. Just the same, it would have been nice to know.
 Fashion Icon July 1, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As a fan of fashion, I knew that this film would give me the insight I was looking for. This documentary is the first time Karl Lagerfeld allowed a director to follow his life. It unveils the influence this legendary desginer has on the fashion world. I truly recommend this title for ALL who are fans of all things fashion.
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