Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

Name: Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: September 21, 2012
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Diana Vreeland

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: September 21, 2012 | PG-13

Starring: Diana Vreeland

Summary: During Diana Vreeland’s fifty year reign as the “Empress of Fashion,” she launched Twiggy, advised Jackie Onassis, and established countless trends that have withstood the test of time. She was the fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar where she worked for twenty-five years before becoming editor-in-chief of Vogue, followed by a remarkableDuring Diana Vreeland’s fifty year reign as the “Empress of Fashion,” she launched Twiggy, advised Jackie Onassis, and established countless trends that have withstood the test of time. She was the fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar where she worked for twenty-five years before becoming editor-in-chief of Vogue, followed by a remarkable stint at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, where she helped popularize its historical collections. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel is an intimate portrait and a vibrant celebration of one of the most influential women of the twentieth century, an enduring icon who has had a strong influence on the course of fashion, beauty, publishing and culture. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)… Expand

Director: Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt and Frédéric Tcheng and Lisa Immordino Vreeland

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 86 min

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Steven Rea

Nov 1, 2012

Her life, and her work, transcended what we think of as "fashion." Read full review

Empire Damon Wise

Sep 17, 2012

Bursting with insights and a droll sense of the absurd side of fashion, it's a fitting tribute to one of the industry's key figures. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Sep 27, 2012

Like no one before or since, she had what she valued most in others - good, old-fashioned pizazz. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Sep 21, 2012

The filmmakers are clearly fans, and any of Vreeland's personal shortcomings - child-rearing, for instance - are only hinted at. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Sep 20, 2012

Dizzily enjoyable documentary. Read full review

Kimberley Jones

Oct 24, 2012

She knew what "it" was going to be before anyone else. Or maybe she invented "it," and the magazine-buying public simply did as they were told. Read full review

Carmen Gray

Sep 16, 2012

A fashion world Who's Who offer accolades, while Vreeland's vulnerabilities are revealed in interviews telling how, ridiculed by her socialite mother as ugly, she invented herself on her own terms. Read full review

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MarcDoyle

Oct 5, 2012

Vreeland was an extraordinary person, and I'm inspired by her life and her attitude. (She probably worked way too hard in her life, but I understand her passion for it.) But the way this documentarian captures her life just feels mailed in. There's a hundred ways you can present this typeVreeland was an extraordinary person, and I'm inspired by her life and her attitude. (She probably worked way too hard in her life, but I understand her passion for it.) But the way this documentarian captures her life just feels mailed in. There's a hundred ways you can present this type of material, and I just thought much of it was cheesy. Not bad, but just not nearly as good as it could have been. The final shot?? Animated Vreeland flying away in the Lindberg plane?? Didn't work for me. The final shot should have been dramatic, stylish, iconoclastic - but not childish. The extended Jane Pauly interviews were excellent. The George Plimpton discussions? Less so.… Expand

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