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Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Metaflix Fashion designer Alexander McQueen was no doubt a generational talent, one of those burn too bright and die too soon sensations that make great material for a documentary.In turn, the problem for documentarians is trying to create a piece of work that lives up to the real-life hype. Co-directors Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui have done an admirable job at capturing the light-and-dark duality of the designer's extraordinary career. However, the first half of the documentary was so zoomed in on everything they were featuring on screen that it actually burdens one's eyes, and the rest of the film, while certainly worth the price of admission, is far less groundbreaking than the man they set out to memorialize.

rocknrollparty So sad and so beautiful. Just like he was. A wonderful insight into the beauty and brutality that made his work what it was. A very emotional piece. And considering how the man himself said he wanted people to walk away from his shows with emotion, even though this wasn't a work of his (even though it was about him), I'd consider this a resounding success for just that reason. You walk away from the theater very emotional. Go see it. Yesterday.

mellowmode10 Since Alexander McQueen's death there has been more exhibitions, books and information about him. He is one of my favourite designers and there was so much publicity for a man who during his lifetime I didn't really take notice.I became a fan of McQueen's work on May 2016 when I started researching about him, and then around this time there was an exhibition on Isabella Blow at the Powerhouse Museum, and I got the chance to see her clothes.This is a well-made documentary and there was an idea of making a movie about McQueen, but this was changed due to Jack O'Connell not being attached to the project.In McQueen's earlier part of his career he was disciplined and very ambitious and creative then unfortunately as McQueen's fame rose and people saw him more as a priority his mental health and personal life deteriorated further, due to more pressure to excel.McQueen was interested with the anatomy of the body, and his fashion is sculptural and organic. I believe the use of the McQueen skulls was created because of his interest with teeth, and you can see the lower part of the skull as priority in this design. McQueen liked using the media and his fashion shows were presented in a very theatrical way his models would perform so well for the camera, and during later shows it was amazing how the models walked in those high shoes.McQueen's life was controversial and he will be remembered as an unforgettable fashion designer and couturier.

PipAndSqueak It is a shame that the creative genius of this consummate artist and craftsman is so shabbily depicted. We are given tantalizing glimpses of the man himself as well as his chief advocator, promoter and friend, Isabella Blow. We are presented odd interviews with people who had been present at certain points in McQueen's life. In fact, there is little other than the actual filmed footage that we could not have read about in the catalogues and articles published for the posthumous shows that have been staged of his work since. We are not taken, visually or in discussion, to the very down at heel East London where he grew up. The connection with Isabella's wearing of McQueen's creations as day-wear and the fact she wore the heels down on her designer shoes seems never to be noticed. She 'inhabited' McQueen's designs to such an extent that McQueen's devastation on her suicide (referenced in this film as death from illness) is almost as inevitable as his own death. If you have LAM initials (Lee Alexander McQueen) and you go into a trade noted for its ephemeral, disposable products, you won't find the idea of nihilism and self-destruction much of a surprise. McQueen tattooed mannequin hand-arm lines on his wrists - come on, he's telling you everything and you still miss it! McQueen said he wanted to empower women - by giving them armor. We know he did this in several ways, sometimes literally with breast-plates. What the clips in this film do show, however, is slightly at odds with the narrative. It is claimed his focus, once working with a garment was 100%. Well, look out for the clip where he is working on alterations to a piece worn by a model whose bottom half is naked. McQueen is conscious of where the camera is being directed and looks quickly to camera to tell the cameraman to move the focus up....that is, to protect the female model's modesty. That, more than anything else, tells you the nature of the man and, why the people connected to him interviewed in this presentation are still hurting with grief.