![]() As we hear about Vreeland’s takeover of Harper’s Bazaar, the “Think Pink” number from the fashion-themed musical Funny Face appears on the screen during a discussion of Vreeland’s knack for working with models, we cut to a scene from the 1966 film Qui Etes-Vous, Polly Maggoo?, which featured an editor character based on Vreeland. Along with stills from Vreeland’s life and splashy spreads from the magazines she curated, there are clips-sometimes extended ones-from old movies that seem to mimic the events being described in voice-over, sometimes with a corny literality. That’s a familiar documentary problem-what to give audiences to look at while they listen to someone talk-and this director tackles it in ways that are sometimes satisfying, sometimes not. ![]() All this interview footage leaves the director with a lot of visual space to fill. ![]()
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