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Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
Vivienne Westwood is one of the most successful fashion designers across history because of what she has done in this field. She had a large effective role to bring modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. Also, she has gotten many prizes such as Queen Export Award. This documentary movie takes a deep look behind her personal life.
September 19, 1954 in Paris, France
April 8, 1941 in Glossop, Derbyshire, England, UK
January 22, 1946 in Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
7 November 1988, Plumstead, London, England, UK
22 May 1970, Streatham, London, England, UK
16 January 1974, Croydon, London, England, UK
31 January 1956, London, England, UK
1 July 1967, Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
3 May 1975, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
October 16, 2018
The film is a fair and, I think, a well-meaning attempt to cover her life in all its dizzying variety - hence the scattiness.June 14, 2018
It provides a fascinating, involving glimpse of both who Westwood was back in the day and who she is at this particular moment in time, so much so that we genuinely miss her once the credits begin to roll.June 28, 2018
It's amazing to watch.October 18, 2018
Lorna Tucker's study of Vivienne Westwood is amiable enough but has its detractors.October 24, 2018
Obviously, Westwood is a great talent, and her career stands for itself. But the Westwood who sits for director Lorna Tucker's camera doesn't seem to want to be there and tells her story - barely - with no excitement.October 25, 2018
There's plenty of interesting archival footage, as well as great contextualising commentary from the people around the dame.July 11, 2018
"Westwood" is definitely better than mediocre, though you wish there were a bit more to it.October 19, 2018
Lorna Tucker's documentary portrait focuses equally on what happened afterwards, painting its subject as a committed activist, an artist with no time for convention or false modesty, and a personality worth spending time with.June 28, 2018
She's a bit of a prickly pear but Tucker captures the essential Westwood: down to earth, resourceful and likeable.June 21, 2018
I accept that she was popular, and am even willing to take on faith that her work is brilliant. But I would have liked to know why it's brilliant.July 24, 2018
Westwood's loyalties feel torn and the fashion house is plunged into drama. It makes this the perfect film to double bill 'Phantom Thread' with.October 29, 2018
It's a nice little documentary that doesn't dare to dig too deep, mostly covering the varying of chapters of Westwood's life quickly while avoiding any and all controversy.