Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton (2007) (TV)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Loïc Prigent

Release Date:

27 April 2007 (France)

Genre:

Documentary

Cast

Bernard Arnault	...	Himself
Marc Jacobs	...	Himself
Jade Jagger	...	Herself - audience member
Ludivine Sagnier	...	Herself - audience member
Diane Kruger	...	Herself - audience member
Winona Ryder	...	Herself
Eve	...	Herself - audience member
Wes Anderson	...	Himself - audience member
Marilyn Manson	...	Himself - audience member
Dita Von Teese	...	Herself
Elizabeth Peyton	...	Herself
Takashi Murakami	...	Himself
Yves Carcelle	...	Himself - LVMH CEO
Salma Hayek	...	Herself
Alexander Payne	...	Himself
Catherine Deneuve	...	Herself
Uma Thurman	...	Herself
Helene Arnault	...	Herself
Sharon Stone	...	Herself
Pharrell Williams	...	Himself
Gillian Anderson	...	Herself
Christine Rivoire-Dutreil	...	Herself
Jaime de Marichalar	...	Himself - Duke of Lugo
Renaud Dutreil	...	Himself
Valerie Bretton	...	Herself
Camille Miceli	...	Herself - artistic advisor
Dominique Miceli	...	Herself
Sofia Coppola	...	Herself
Fabrizio Viti	...	Himself
Robert Duffy	...	Himself
Graci Moore	...	Herself - stylist
Francoise Poirier	...	Herself - head seamstress
Francine Prose	...	Herself
Anna Wintour	...	Herself
André Leon Talley	...	Himself
Patric McMullan	...	Himself - photographer
Demi Moore	...	Herself
Kimberly 'Lil' Kim' Jones	...	Herself
Victoria Beckham	...	Herself
John Reinhold	...	Himself - diamond dealer
Larry Gagosian	...	Himself
Edward Ruscha	...	Himself (as Ed Ruscha)
Patricia Huchet	...	Herself - Assistant head seamstress
Janet Jackson	...	Herself
Loïc Prigent	...	Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Naomi Campbell	...	Herself
Zoe R. Cassavetes	...	Herself
Roger Federer	...	Himself
Yayoi Kusama	...	Herself
Ashton Kutcher	...	Himself
Vincent Gallo	...	Himself (uncredited)
Jared Leto	...	Himself (uncredited)
Rufus Wainwright	...	Himself (uncredited)

Directed by
Loïc Prigent

Sound Department
Olivier Dandré	....	sound mixer
Raphael Laski	....	sound mixer

Production Companies

• Anda Media
• Arte (co-production)
• Emason Production (in association with)

Distributors

• Arte (2007) (France) (TV)
• Living Colour Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sundance Channel (2007) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Company:

Anda Media

Riveting, even for those not of the fashion world.

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Knowing little about the fashion world, I was a little intimidated expecting this to be a film about the history of two haute couture power houses. I was pleasantly surprised when it actually turned out to be the story of an artist.

While haute couture may be an acquired appreciation, this film is specific in its focus - it is about an artist and his process. Following Marc Jacobs from show to show, as him and his team build and remodel designs at a neck breaking pace, the filmmaker leads the viewer through a journey which ultimately leads towards a better appreciation of high fashion as a truly unique art form.

With seemingly unlimited access to the workshops and houses, Marc Jacobs is disarmingly pleasant to watch. As the first American designer to be creative director of the Louis Vuitton fashion house, the film does a good job of explaining how and why he and his designs are so successful. The documentary also discusses his work in contrast between his projects at his eponymous design house and how they differ (or resemble) those at the legendary Louis Vuitton.

Movies about artists are common enough, but rarely does one provide such insight on the fashion world and its artistic process.