Valentino: The Last Emperor

2008
PG-13
1h 36m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

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A look at the life of legendary fashion designer Valentino

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A look at the life of legendary fashion designer Valentino.A look at the life of legendary fashion designer Valentino.A look at the life of legendary fashion designer Valentino.

Director
- Matt Tyrnauer
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Matt Tyrnauer
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations

Trivia
As told to Elvis Mitchell on KCRW's The Treatment (May 6, 2009), Director Matt Tyrnauer recounted that the film almost never made it to a commercial release. Both Giancarlo and Valentino hated the film on first viewing during a private screening in London and "were completely in shock". Although Tyrnauer had final cut, it took him over five months of negotiations before finally showing the film at the Venice film festival. At Venice the entire audience stood and gave a standing ovation to Valentino after the screening and Valentino apparently now loves the film.

Goofs
In the closing credits, the archival footage from ZIEGFELD GIRL is credited as a "Warner Brothers" movie. It was an MGM movie but is released on home video by Warner Home Video.

Quotes
scenographer: Well, we don't want to have nasty rails do we?

Connections
Features La Dolce Vita (1960)

A fascinating look behind the scenes at the man who always dreamed of beautiful things.

The peek into the emotions and thoughts of Valentino was a rare treasure. Usually we just see the finished product, not the process.

One thing that is clear in the process is the driven nature of Valentino. He is always dressed and acts as if he is on display. He cannot relax for a moment. He once comments he worked 40 hours straight. As someone who worked 23 hours straight once, I applaud that. But one has to think that a multimillionaire can relax sometime. Not Valentino.

He may not have been happy giving permission to enter his world, but we are richer for it.

You certainly don't have to be gay to work in this industry, but it sure helps as you stare at breasts all day.