Like a fashionable dress this film needs the viewer to sew the pieces together in order to embrace the complexities of Saint Laurent. The addictions, the drawings, the lovers, the friends, his manager have to be incorporated in order to put Saint Laurent together. That multitude of people surrounding Saint Laurent are integral to understanding the person. The cutters and the people who sewed the pieces together are like Donnello who gives us the work of deciding who he was. And who was Saint Laurent? Like Warhol he was a man of his times. Women were ready to wear his clothes. The movement of his creations gave women the power to advance. His life was long and productive. Gaspard Ulliel plays Saint Laurent and captures his playful sexuality is the famous kissing scene.
There is a light touch of Donnello in all of this He is able to give the viewer much to enjoy and ponder.
There is a light touch of Donnello in all of this He is able to give the viewer much to enjoy and ponder.