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L'Amour Fou

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Synopsis

The public life of Yves Saint Laurent was as extravagant as it was decadent, as a design prodigy and then the grand coutourier of an fashion empire he influenced fifty years of style - but few are familiar with the private life of the legend.

In director Pierre Thoretton's L'Amour Fou, Pierre Bergé, the man with which Yves Saint Laurent shared four decades of his life and love, reflects on the equally extravagant history of their personal relationship.

Framed around the 2009 auction of the priceless, elaborate art collection amassed by Yves and Pierre personally over several decades, this extraordinary documentary provides an unprecedented look at the life of a mythic personality, whose personal life matched his public for elegance, extravagance and passion.

An official selection of the Toronto and Tribeca Film Festivals, L'Amour Fou is an un-missable film event for fans of documentary film and fashion die-hards alike.

Product Format Information

DVD : $22.49

Availability: In stock and ready to ship
Region Code: 1
UPC: 030306966298
Catalog #: DV3268442

Studio : IFC Films, MPI

Languages: French (Primary) , English Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen, 1.85
Extras: Trailers

Keywords

Art & Artist, Biographical/Autobiographical, Documentary/Documentaries, Fashion, Gay Icon, Gay Male, Gay/Lesbian, GLBT Creator / Performer / Writer, History, Homosexuality, International, Interview, Romance

Genres

Documentary, International, Romance

Customer Reviews

Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge

Amos Lassen wrote on 08/03/2011:

In 2002 Yves Saint-Laurent announced his retirement from fashion after forty years as the head of his very important fashion house. At 21 he took over The House of Dior and then he and lover, Berge, built his own house and label. In 2009 their art collection was auctioned and Berge tells about his lover’s life. We learn that YSL was chronically depressed who loved beautiful things and the two man had quite a collection of beauty. YSL was a giant in the fashion industry but he was also a person whose life was filled with drugs and depression. Berge is at times candid and at times he avoids the issues but he is speaking from memory and that happens.

The art collection included Degas and Mondrian and jewels from Morocco and France. The documentary is a memorial to YSL and is an oral biography related by Berge. It is certainly not the definitive view but it is what we have. We appreciate the man for the collector that he was. What we do not get here is a look at celebrities and fashion icons and those would have made this that much more interesting.