Serious Movie Lover

The Devil herself.

THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE (2009/DVD) With September right around the corner and Project Runway back with a seriously talented and bitchy bunch (unfortunately airing on the Lifetime Channel—who can ever remember where that is!), it seemed like the perfect time to watch this fabulous documentary about the real-life “Devil” Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue (U.S.), as she creates the largest-ever issue of the magazine—September 2007, weighing in at 840 pages (100 pages larger than September 2006) and featuring Sienna Miller on the cover. This 90 minute film is really fun to watch—a fabulous Netflix rental. The filmmakers do a good job of NOT demonizing Ms. Wintour while still showing her as the cold but very effective executive that she undoubtedly is. And, BTW–she is nowhere near as glamorous as her Devil Wears Prada counter-part Meryl Streep–she is a tiny little person, with her signature severe haircut and dark glasses who wears simple but chic dresses and the same simple jewelry over many days. She does however, seem to drink Starbucks all the time and the “book” of movie fame is real. And her underlings clearly are always nervous when they’re in front of her. All except Grace Coddington, Creative Director at Vogue (and former Vogue model prior to a car wreck that caused her to lose an eyelid—ouch!) who is also featured in the film and who has the creative balls to stand up to Anna. They struck me as having something like a working marriage—they have been together over 20 years and have enormous respect for each other, even while getting so angry (quietly angry, mind you) that we can feel it coming off the screen. What fun this movie is! Add this to your queue right away.

Grade: A

P.S. Very interesting soundtrack also….maybe worth owning.