Martin Margiela: In His Own Words
Oscilloscope | Release Date (Streaming): August 14, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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7
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2
Negative:
0
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90
TimeStephanie ZacharekAug 10, 2020
Here, the effect of merely hearing his voice and watching his hands is so intimate that we walk away with an almost tactile sense of who Martin Margiela is, the way we confidently, yet only sort of, know what the man in the moon looks like. His mystery becomes our secret too. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Simran HansAug 10, 2020
The use of the notoriously media-shy Margiela’s warm, serious spoken voice helps to create intimacy, even though we never see his face. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmAug 14, 2020
Like the director’s 2017 profile of Dries Van Noten, Martin Margiela: In His Own Words explores how its titular subject is driven by ideas rather than ego or a desire for stardom. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneAug 10, 2020
Reiner Holzemer’s adulation of his subject feels most credible because he spends a lot of time focusing on the clothes. Read full review
70
VarietyJessica KiangAug 14, 2020
The grandest irony to emerge is that despite its unquestionable sincerity, soft-spoken iconoclast Martin Margiela’s insistent non-image may yet turn out to be fashion’s canniest bit of image-making of all. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJon CaramanicaAug 13, 2020
It is a poem about the ways in which the speed and ubiquity demanded by the internet have squeezed certain creative wells dry, perhaps irreparably. Read full review
67
IndieWireRyan LattanzioAug 18, 2020
While Margiela’s visions likely deserve a more radical treatment onscreen, Holzemer’s film offers perhaps the most complete insight yet into one of fashion’s most elusive geniuses. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAug 13, 2020
Those not enthralled by Margiela's wittily iconoclastic but gimmicky avant-garde designs (and I must confess to being one of them) will probably find this documentary less than compelling. Like so many fashion-themed docs, Martin Margiela: In His Own Words will play best to afficionados who will be grateful for this insightful look at its reclusive subject. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 10, 2020
Reiner Holzemer has made a film that is intensely supportive and uncritical – as fashion documentaries tend to be – and to those of us who are outside the fashion world, it can be a bit opaque. Yet it is refreshing to hear creativity discussed with such seriousness and commitment. Read full review
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