Film Festival 09 - The September Issue
The September Issue
USA 2009, 89m
Director: R.J. Cutler
Festivals: Sundance 2009
"Delicious would be the best word for R.J. Cutler's documentary
look inside the production of the fashion world's annual bible, the
September issue of Vogue. Editor Anna Wintour, the legendary
fashion sphinx burlesqued in The Devil Wears Prada, granted Cutler
and his crew amazing access throughout what's nearly a nine-month
process. We travel to haute-couture shows and photo shoots, private
breakfasts with major advertisers, and even into Wintour's office
for her tense aesthetic and financial standoffs with Grace
Coddington, the onetime swinging-London model who is now Vogue's
creative director& I found it completely addictive. " - Andrew
O'Hehir, salon.com. "Cutler and his team got to see everything&
and while they find the manic buzz and thrum of fashion week and
high fashion (aided by the stylish electro-pop of the soundtrack),
they also find the stolid, steady bump and hum of cold cash
commerce under it& The September Issue's look at power, money,
pop culture and professionalism (and its absence) had me
enthralled." - James Rocchi, Cinematical
