YSL has been and remains one of my truest fashion icons. I loved this very intimate portrayal of his life with Pierre Berge in the beginning years of his career. I felt a lot of sympathy for M. Berge from this film. Less so for my genius icon, YSL. I thought the jazz score was so perfect and I enjoyed the interludes of appropriate- to- the- times rock favorites. It was beautifully photographed and the production values were so finely done. I had seen the other Saint Laurent movie and recall walking out of the theater disgusted, because it concentrated so heavily on YSL's dissolution; this film was far more subtle while still revealing his "other life" apart from his creativity. It amazes me that YSL lived so long while quite debilitated. Very sympathetic film. I liked the infrequent voice-overs of M. Berge. The English subtitles were pretty good; I understand French. Not enough fashion for me in this film, but I own documentaries and books about YSL that provide his incredible and formidable outpouring of designs, sketches and ideas. What a genius, if a tortured one. How hard it must be for M. Berge to be without his Yves. R.I.P. M. Saint Laurent, you will not be forgotten by all of us who admire your work.
Review of Yves Saint Laurent
