Prêt-à-porter
When:
Monday, Jul 06, 2015 7:00p -
9:30p
Monday, Jul 06, 2015 7:00p -
9:30p
Where:
The Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
24 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admission:
$9.00 ($7.00 for students/members/seniors)
Categories:
Film
Event website:
http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2015junaug/altman.html#pret
Prêt-à-porter
Directed by Robert Altman. With Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Kim Basinger
US 1994, 35mm, color, 133 min. English, French and Italian with English subtitles
The fashion industry is less in the director’s crosshairs than, it seems, many critics had hoped; rather, its behind-the-scenes insular cattiness is simply on facetious display. A glittering ensemble of fictive characters mixed with fashion figures and celebrities playing themselves blends unscripted, documentary moments into a half-synthetic, half-natural matrix of comic dramas erupting during Paris Fashion Week. When a leader in the fashion industry mysteriously dies, the event causes just as much of a stir as any runway splash and, in keeping with Altman’s elliptical tendencies, serves to tease more than determine the narrative arc. With a cast of actors spanning time and the Atlantic—Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Sally Kellerman, Tim Robbins, Anouk Aimée, Rupert Everett and Forest Whitaker among them—the whirling, star-studded tapestry, like an haute couture spread, unwittingly excites and disconcerts the dazzled eye.
Preceded by
The Model’s Handbook
Directed by Robert Altman. With Dorian Leigh
US 1956, digital video, b/w, 13 min
This promotional film provides helpful hints for aspiring models and a behind-the-scenes look at the Ford Modeling Agency, for whom it was made. Altman intended the film as the first of a weekly series, but the project never took off.
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