Well I got there just before 10:30am (it's starting time), gave my name at the ticket desk and he ticked me off the list and said it would be starting in a couple of mins and I was welcome to pick up a complimentary coffee from the coffee bar on the way in. There were probably about a dozen people in the screening. I kinda wished hadn't taken the coffee as I was desperate for the loo from about half-way through the film but was enjyoing it too much to nip out.
I really enjoyed it. I'm not sure if it's going to go on general release across the whole country or not, being a documentary and about Vogue it's hard to guess how many people are that interested in watching it. Having said that I'm not an avid follower of fashion or have ever b*ght vogue but I found it incredibly interesting. Some bits at the start really do look lke meryl streep's character from Devil Wears Prada, from the clothes and coats to the office and sitting there staring off into the distance while a designer eagerly tries to show her their designs.
But the nice thing to see was she's a much warmer character and although tough still likeable. To me the film isn't totally about Anna Wintour, the editor, it's also about Grace, the creative director. They are like polar opposites, Anna is immaculately dressed the entire time and does't like black. Grace on the other hand has wild red hair and spends most of the time in a shapeless black (ironically it seemed) dress. I was quite surprised that quite a few of the staff weren't immaculately dressed or made up either. Quite a bit of the film followed Grace on the photoshoots creating amazing pictures which Anna then cut out of the edition at a later stage! To me that's the only niggle about the film is that Grace never went to talk to Anna about these decisions, unless she did off-camera. No-one comes out looking bad in this so who knows if there were mabe some more heated discussions that we're not party to.
I now might look through a copy next time I see it on a newstand.
9/10
