| R.J. Cutler | Director, Executive Producer, Producer |
| Giuseppe Cioccarelli | Production Manager |
| Robert DeBitetto | Executive Producer |
| Eliza Hindmarch | Producer |
| Jenny Lee | Art Director |
| Mary Lisio | Co-producer |
| Mike Martin | Production Manager |
| Jorge Menna | Production Manager |
| Edward O'Connor | Sound/Sound Designer |
| Craig Richey | Score Composer |
| Robert Richman | Cinematographer |
| Bob Richman | Cinematographer |
| Azin Samari | Editor |
| Robert Sharenow | Executive Producer |
| Sadia Shepard | Producer |
| Gareth Smith | Art Director |
| Romain Staropoli | Production Manager |
| Molly Thompson | Executive Producer |
| Margaret Yen | Musical Direction/Supervision |
Anonymous
Posted October 1, 2010
I highly recommend this movie to people who are interested in the fashion industry or the publishing business. It is very good at showing the fight to keep art in the commercial enterprise of fashion and still be successful. Anna and Grace have the yin/yang relationship that has kept Vogue on top all these years - with Grace endlessly working on innovative and creative photo spreads, and Anna editing hundreds of photo spreads down into a coherent package every month.
The 1 star is because this DVD is broken. I have returned/exchanged this DVD 3 times and each had the same problem - Disc 1 (the movie) has obvious surface defects and will not play.
TylerJohn
Posted October 1, 2010
The September Issue is an engaging and deep look into the world of fashion at Vogue Magazine. But it is even more than that. This film takes you into the world of Anna Wintour and her creative director, Grace. For anyone interested in Vogue, fashion, or anyone who simply wants to learn more about the so-called "ice queen", this is a must see! You will be surprised to see a more emotional side of Anna that you wouldn't expect. This film has everything you would want to know about the famous September Issue of Vogue Magazine.
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Posted October 1, 2010
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Posted October 1, 2010
The September Issue gives an amazing, real life look into the world of magazine publishing. With the additional behind-the-scenes footage, you truly see how crazy the world of fashion can be.
Definitely a "must have" for any true slave to fashion.
Adwoa
Posted October 1, 2010
If you are contemplating such as myself as to how the so called fashion Bible is run by the self proclaimed ice queen Anna Wintour look no further than The September Issuse. This movie goes beyond the glass doors into the magazine for their coveted September Issuse; in the movie the viewers get a chance to see the calculating, cunning and mischievous Wintour does what she does best-tear down people's ideas of beauty and reinvent them to her own standard. There are constant fashion insiders trying to make a guess as to what would Wintour like for the season. It is indeed a power trip and Wintour is not coming down any time soon. The movie opens up with testimonies from colleagues (in Wintour's case "puppets") about how wonderful and innovative the grand dame of fashion is!! One of the most memorable lines is from Andre Leon Talley who says to Vera Wang "I need beauty, my eyes are starving for beauty" it has even made it to a ringtone. Fabulous!! However the unsuspecting hero in all of this would be Grace Coddington - the famous and most humble editor at the magazine. Her most memorable quote is that people are not perfect models are-as Anna Wintour told the cameraman that he needed to lose a couple of pounds. Grace also has a history of going to battle with the ice queen as in the movie she needed more money for a beautiful editorial spread she made sure that Anna was ready to reject her budget-on camera. At the end of the day Anna Wintour tries her best to come off as a decent human being-but fails in the process.
The movie does not get tot the sometimes controversial decisions that Wintour makes as she dictates what is beautiful. I personally walked away with believing that Ms. Wintour only believes that white and only white is beautiful. Something to think about!!
Anonymous
Posted October 1, 2010
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I just finished watching the main disc which has the movie on it...there are two others; one of special features, one of the Met Ball. I will probably add comments after I watch the other two discs, but I wanted to say something about this disc that is an irritant to me.
I hate to pick up a fashion magazine and see a "celebrity" on the cover! Celebrities are NOT fashion models! The women who are fashion models work incredibly hard to get to the top of their field. They have to be photogenic, they have to know their best angles for the photographer, they have to know how to move, etc., etc., and I find it extremely annoying to see a celebrity instead. Am I the only one who is annoyed by being bombarded by "celebrities" everywhere you look? If they are an actress or singer, or whatever, fine, but must they be on everything ? The pictures will come out o.k., because the magazine will make it o.k., by retouching it so they look like fashion models (I do realize there is retouching work done on photos of fashion models too), but they are not fashion models. I guess having a celebrity on the cover must sell magazines, because that's why everything is done these days, to make money, but really, I just get so tired of seeing actresses on the front cover, and featured inside a fashion magazine. So annoying!!!!
The movie was o.k., but I didn't really think it showed the real chaos that surely happens right before the September issue is out. The movie did touch on it a little, but I would think it would be much more crazy than this. Will write again after I have watched the other two discs with an update.
I actually enjoyed the scenes with ex-model/creative director/fashion person, Grace Coddington. Thought she had a wonderful eye for what works/what doesn't in photoshoots. Her story was very interesting to me (was a model, and got in a car accident; needed plastic surgery, got into creative directing instead). I thought it was really interesting how she commented that real life was not perfect, and should not be presented that way in pictures. She said it was enough that the models were perfect. In one scene she calls the photo people and asks them to not retouch the photo of a photographer taking a picture of a model (Anna Wintour wanted the photographer's stomach to appear flatter, so she asked the photo dept. to alter the picture). Grace said that he should not look like a male model, but look like himself, and said to make sure they did not retouch the photo. Good for you, Grace!
Could not give it more than 3 stars....love fashion, but I did not really feel involvement with the characters that much (except Grace Coddington) Should have talked a little more about Anna's background and how she came to be editor at American Vogue. Did touch on it, but not enough. More on how the job affects her life, etc, so you the viewer could relate to her a little more. I know "The Devil Wore Prada" was a fictional dramatic comedy story, but actually enjoyed that much more than this movie. Not "real" enough for me. Dragged too much. Didn't make you care about the characters enough.
TylerJohn
Posted October 1, 2010
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This film is perfectly crafted and edited. The story behind The September Issue of 2007 is perfectly explained through the eyes of Anna Wintour, the great "Ice Queen" and Goddess of fashion. With help from her creative director, Grace, Vogue magazine is the most important fashion publication in the world. This documentary depicts Anna in different, and surprising, lights. I recommend this film to anyone interested in fashion and the high-profile behind-the-scenes action of Vogue Magazine. Truly entertaining from start to finish.
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Posted October 1, 2010
There's a scene in the bonus features of the film September Issue that illustrates why it's such a snooze-fest. Cameron Diaz has arrived at the Met Ball, an annual gala hosted by Vogue Magazine to benefit the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. When she's done posing for the photographers Cam breezes into the party, passing by a tiny crone perched in the corner. She is Anna Wintour, the editor in chief of Vogue, and the hostess of the event. She is hunched over like a vulture, clutching her hands in front of her, glaring. Her bobbed hair envelopes her head so that only a slim slice of face is revealed. Miss Diaz could be forgiven for mistaking her for a prop mummy wheeled in from the Egyptian wing. Unfortunately, this frozen posture and expression of blank disdain represent the majority of the film, September Issue, which someone who should know better has deemed "fabulous". Anna Wintour, we are told, is the empress of the fashion world. This may be true, but she is an incredibly boring subject for a feature film. On the rare occasions when the cameras leave Anna's disdainful visage, we see her terrified staff instead of the colorful, vibrant world of fashion the audience has been promised.
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