After watching the documentary "Alexander McQueen", first of all I want to thank the great documentary director: the art works of good artists are timeless, but the threshold to appreciate this timeless design is to understand the author and his historical background, and follow the director’s perspective. After the protagonist’s gorgeous and dramatic life, I finally realized what a fashion science author wrote, "The theme behind sex, violence, and death is eternal love", or "People often say that the body is a shelf of clothing, but McQueen's clothes In turn, it looks like armor, holding your body."
The first half of the film is like the American dream of the first half of "Bohemian Rhapsody"-the rise of genius is unstoppable, dazzling like a supernova ("You don't discover genius, genius is there"-Isa, the protagonist Bole). Just as dazzling as talent, there is McQueen's passion and determination. For example, his boss who works in a tailor shop said, “McQueen asks him every day what else he can do and how to move on. Once he feels that there is nothing new to learn, he will leave.”; For example, when he just started his own design series You can complete 20 designs in one night. The assistant commented that "When I see his eyes become black, I know he is in his own'zone' and can barely hear anything." The "the zone" mentioned in the movie "Soul"; another example is that the protagonist explains his aggressive show style "A show must stimulate emotion. You don't move forward if you play safe."; another example is that he is the first one At the time of the series, I didn’t have a job. I relied on unemployment benefits to buy cheap raw materials to make clothes. Even if the show was successful, I couldn’t just accept interviews, otherwise I would be caught in violation of the unemployment relief law...
A person who has talent and vision and unlimited enthusiasm and determination, it is no wonder there are so many people willing to help him-this is also the so-called "miracle of the universe and life"-a friend interviewed in the movie said "He has the ability to make others do phenomenal amount of work for him. He didn't pay them. Actually, we paid him to work for him ."
Knowing the historical background, many exaggerated clothes have their own meaning. For example, the low waistband is to visually change the ratio of the upper and lower body, and the torn naked top in "Highland Rape" is a genocide in the history of war. Reflection on behavior. And one of his main lines throughout the women's design is "Empower mowen"--"All you want to do is make women look stronger, I want people to be afraid of the women I dress." It feels very reasonable to wear McQueen.
The second half of the movie is a bit like the second half of "Bohemian Rhapsody", which makes people reflect on whether genius is the blessing of God or the curse of the devil: talented artists naturally have a more sensitive awareness of the world, and more Abundant inner activities will naturally be more prone to mood swings and even depression. Especially when your thoughts and expressions are ahead of the secular, the ununderstood loneliness is really unbearable (like the Zen master who taught me meditation said, don’t be supernatural and enter the sacred lightly, because the road is too lonely, and you look like the world. Look at pigs). There is a sentence in the movie "Everyone in the office, they go home, they can shut off. But I'm still Alexander McQueen after I shut the door."
Of course, there are also funny and cute points. For example, Tom Ford commented that McQueen is a good combination of poets and businessmen-expressing unscrupulously in the show, but there are always good-looking and selling clothes hanging in the store. This is very clear in another point: Lee went to the Givenchy show when he was in Saint Martins to see "This is a load of crap. I'll never work for them." However, at the age of 27, he already has his own brand but I still accepted the post of Creative Director of Givenchy. When someone asked him why he answered "The money was good." Hahahahaha, it is very real, but the last sentence is even better. I could use them to hire people for my own brand."——While carrying out limited co-existence, do not forget the original intention to do big things!
The final soundtrack is really great! The magnificent string music starts at the beginning of each show interspersed in the film, giving the impression of "I'm the fcking god in my own show!"
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