Cinema Feed #6: Yves Saint Laurent

While the ongoing Paris fashion week is still fevering up, our topic for cinema feed shall continue to circulate around the fashion world. And for this week we are going to present you three documentaries that unfold the life of fashion titan, Yves Saint Laurent under different perspectives.

Le temps retrouvé (2002) & 5 Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris (2002) by David Teboul

Serve as a biography features of Saint Laurent, David Teboul separated the documentaries into different focuses. Through the conversations between the protagonist and his colose ones, Le temps retrouvé (2002), is a depiction of life where Saint Laurent began his life with a wonderful childhood. Later on, the reputation earned after emerging as one of the most flourishing designers and last drove him into solitude. It is the conventional type of documentary that tells a dramatic story.

On the other hand, 5 Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris (2002) focuses on the process of how Saint Laurent and his team had transformed each piece of sketches to a fascinating outfit and finally, compiling into his last collection. It surely revealed how stimulating but hectic the workload in haute courture can be. In my opinion, this is one of the most boring and dull documentaries I’ve ever watched. However, it identified the fact that Saint Laurent was just an ordinary person. Despite the fame and success he had achieved, he has always been a shy and modest man as seen from Le temps retrouvé (2002). 

Unfortunately, I can't find the official trailer to share it with you guys over here. 

 L'amour Fou (2010) by Pierre Thoretton

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Narrated by Saint Laurent’s lifetime partner, this documentary took place after the death of the Fashion titan in 2008. Pierre Berge has decided to auction off their art collections, believing these valuables will never be the same without Saint Laurent’s presence. While the camera is set on the exquisite art pieces, Berge recalls their life events and gave us an insight on who Saint Laurent was under his perspective.

So, if fairy tales do exist, Saint Laurent would be Peter Pan who refused to grow up. He commented on the happiness he had as a child in the opening of Le temps retrouvé (2002); all he wanted was to be a seamstress to create his idealistic style. Yes, he did dream of marking his name in history and he succeeded. Yet, he was not prepared for the consequences that came after, complicated his life and eliminated his source of happiness. In the end, as a self-critic, I guess Saint Laurent was never understood nor satisfied of his contributions to the fashion world. His talent served as a double blade that lead him to his achievements but leaving him distraught with never ending depression. 

Sorrow hits me after seeing the differences of Berge's behaviour. He was such a bubbly guy who look up to Saint Laurent's talent. Due to that admiration, he has always willingly to devote himself that grants to Saint Laurent his outstanding achievements. After the death, Berge reminisced their life events in solemn. Like those art pieces, he had lost his liveliness as his sole purpose of living had perished. In the end, it is the selfless love from this supportive partner that truly touches your heart.

Trailer:

Earlier this month, a biography of the fashion titan has just released. Directed by Jalil Lespert and Pierre Niney starring as Yves Saint Laurent, here's the official trailer to share it with you. If you are lucky to have already watch it, share your feed back with us! Or else, be patient and we shall have our review update once it is screening at the cinema nearby.

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