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The September Issue
Rating: 6/10
Cast: Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, Sienna Miller
Director: R J Cutler
Vogue's September issue of 2007 was, as editor Anna Wintour
proclaimed, the biggest ever. Over 13 million copies of the two
kilogram tome were sold.
The September Issue chronicles the intensive process of putting the
fashion bible together. But much more pertinently, it offers
exclusive access into the hallowed halls of Vogue - the very
offices notoriously fictionalised in The Devil Wears Prada in
2006.
You won't see traces of Meryl Streep's defiant Miranda Priestly
here. Vogue's infamous editor, Anna Wintour, is a whippet of a
thing. She observes those around her behind thick curtains of
hair and only her sharp eyes and sly grin belie her incisive
intelligence. She approaches her work clinically, culling
collections and dismissing models in typically decisive
style.
Faced with Wintour's reserve, director R.J Cutler frequently turns
to Wintour's colleague, creative director Grace Coddington, to
reveal Wintour's character. Coddington has by her own
admission earned her place at Vogue and isn't concerned with
venting her frequent frustrations. It's Grace who we empathise with
when her meticulously planned shoots are dismissed with the wave of
a carefully manicured hand.
Grace is the exception to the Vogue rule. Wintour surrounds
herself with those who will not test her resolve, who respect the
power she wields. It's easy to forget that the journalists and
stylists at Vogue are at the top of their field, such is their
desperation to appease her. As Grace deftly observes of a male
colleague, "He won't say what he thinks in case he gets it
wrong."
This is however a rare moment of cynicism. The September Issue
is an 88-minute slice of Vogue life, from the often comical fashion
shoots, to cover-shoot wrangling and the editing process.
Those expecting a real life The Devil Wears Prada may be
disappointed as Wintour has no intention of allowing Cutler to
create an expose of Vogue. Instead, she offers a peek into her
world without revealing anything of herself - no surprise given she
is the matriarch in a world concerned with facades.
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