http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp8iIyKDOtk
What it’s like: Behind the scenes of The Devil Wears Prada
Why you’d like it: You get to see how an issue of a fashion magazine (Vogue) gets from concept to pages. There’s bickering, lots of longing, pensive looks from Anna Wintour (the Editor-in-Chief of Vogue), just how icy she can be, a photographer who is out of his mind with requests whilst on a shoot with actress Sienna Miller in Rome, over-the-top fashion editors, and underlings scared to say anything bad on camera, so they just look like deer in headlights. It’s a reality show for magazine snobs like me.
Why you wouldn’t like it: It’s about fashion, and if you have no interest, you might get bored with the over-the-top/life-or-death attitude of it all (much like Anna Wintour’s daughter, who wants nothing to do with the industry)
Film Student Perspective: The fast-paced nature of the doc definitely was made for mainstream, with story lines connected ingeniously through the use of music via The Fratellis or Ratatat. The dramatic (or dramatized?) storyline of bickering Editor-in-chief versus the Creative Director is the major plot point, with a sprinkle of theatrics with over-the-top photographers and fashion editors, especially Andre Leon Tally, who brings his Louis Vuitton cooler to the tennis courts. They obviously had money, because the production value of this doc is superb.
Stefi’s Scope: Even if you don’t give a crap about fashion, it’s an interesting doc that combines music, drama, misunderstandings, and what does eventually end up on the cutting room floor of Vogue. It’s a fascinating behind-the-scenes of just how that magazine goes from concept to execution, all while being headed by the “ice queen”, Anna Wintour. It’s not your typical documentary. It’s entertaining, engaging, and comes with a killer soundtrack.
Available on Netflix Instant.
**I am starting (yet another) tradition for the month of April by watching Documentaries on Monday…it’s time to put my brain (and this damn unjustified Netflix account) to work!**
