Meryl Streep, as the editor-in-chief of the fashionable «gloss» staged a super revealing show. Usually so subtle and sensitive, here she balances on the verge of buffoonery, becoming … the American Faina Ranevskaya.
1. «Vog» — the nuttiness of reality
This grotesque comedy about a tyrannical fashion magazine editor, her young career assistant, and the world of fashion in general could well be included as a bonus disc with books on contemporary philosophy. The idea of French philosophers about simulacra — imaginary values created by the media — can be illustrated with scenes of everyday life of «gloss» workers. And where philosophers write about the modern world as a society of risk and an undivided cult of success, scenes of relationships in the fashion industry will be very useful … Despite its lightness and outward glamor, the film looks like a magnifying glass brought to the twisted world of fashion. And to the reality, deformed by him, «vog» -nuty …
2. Striptease
Meryl Streep, as the editor-in-chief of the fashionable «gloss» staged a super revealing show. Usually so subtle and sensitive, here she balances on the verge of buffoonery, becoming … the American Faina Ranevskaya.
3. Frankness and optimism
Lauren Weisberger, the author of the novel that formed the basis of the film, and director David Frankel found each other. Lauren worked as an assistant to the editor-in-chief of Vogue. David directed half of Sex and the City. Her frankness and his ironic optimism are an explosive mixture that has deprived the entire New York fashion establishment of calmness.
Cast: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and others. At the box office from October 5th.