|
Movie Review
As the fashion world gathers in France for the huge Pret-a-Porter (ready to wear) show, Robert Altman weaves their impossibly self-absorbed stories into a bright comic fabric in this biting satire. As in "Short Cuts," Altman traces a half dozen or more plots, bound in this case by a mystery involving the death of the much- hated head of the fashion council. A fashion leader dies, perhaps murdered, in the middle of the most important industry gathering of the year, creating chaos in the tightly knit, pretentious world of models, designers and journalists. His widow uses this opportunity to rekindle an old relationship. In the meantime, the dead man's mistress, a designer, is forced to sell out to a Texas boot tycoon, and, at the same time, realizes that fashion is more than just the clothes women wear when she stages an all-nude fashion show. |
|
|
Stars: Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Sophia Loren, Kim Basinger, Lyle Lovett, Tracey Ullman, Forest Whitaker, Lili Taylor, Marcello Mastroianni, Stephen Rea, Danny Aiello, Lauren Bacall, Teri Garr, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Chiara Mastroianni, Sally Kellerman, Richard E. Grant, Michel Blanc, Jean Rochefort, Francois Cluzet, Anouk Aimee, Christy Turlington, Cher, Harry Belafonte, Helena Christensen, Thierry Mugler, Issey Miyake, Elsa Klensch, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Christian Lacroix, Naomi Campbell, Sonia Rykiel
Director: Robert Altman; Editor: Suzy Elmiger; Composer: Michel Legrand
Rating: R (MPAA)
Format: VHS & DVD; Run Time: 133 min
Audio: Dolby Surround, Hi-Fi, Surround, Digital; Video: Digitally Processed
Notes: Color by Technicolor; shot in Panavision widescreen.
Originally Released: 1994
|
|
