Vivienne Westwood
Nascimento : 1941-04-08, Tintwistle, England, UK
Morte : 2022-12-29
História
Vivienne Isabel Westwood is a British fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream.
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Self (Archival Photo)
Um olhar intimista e humanizador sobre uma das loiras mais famosas do mundo. Abordando aspectos da vida e da carreira de Pamela, este documentário mostra sua trajetória de garota do interior a símbolo sexual, atriz, ativista e mãe dedicada.
Self
Joe Corré, son of punk visionaries Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, burns an estimated £5M worth of punk memorabilia protesting the commodification of punk. The film takes this incendiary act of ‘cultural terrorism’ and the questions it raised to explore the lifespan and true worth of punk - the 20th century's most volatile movement.
Self
The incredible life-story of fashion icon, style guru and one of the most influential designers of the 20th century, Dame Mary Quant. One of Britain’s most renowned cultural figures, Quant was at the vanguard of the stylistic revolution of the 60s and 70s, leading the charge away from convention and conservatism through the championing of ground-breaking designs including the miniskirt and hot pants, plus an ingeniously creative partnership with hair stylist, Vidal Sassoon.
Self
The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary.
Wardrobe Designer
Recorded live in June 2017 at the magnificent Liceu Theatre in Barcelona, this DVD is the companion to Joyce DiDonato’s award-winning album In War and Peace: Harmony through Music. Seeking answers to the existential question “In the midst of chaos, how do you find peace?”, it makes a compelling piece of music theatre as DiDonato journeys through arias by Handel, Purcell, Monteverdi, Leo and Jommelli with Il Pomo d’Oro and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev. On stage, In War and Peace: Harmony through Music makes a compelling piece of music theatre. In Barcelona, as on the European and North American tours she made in late 2016, DiDonato was joined by the baroque orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro and its principal conductor Maxim Emelyanychev. May and June 2018 bring further performances in Portugal, France, Germany, Turkey and Hungary.
Herself
The remarkable story of iconoclastic fashion designer Vivienne Westwood as she fights to maintain her brand’s integrity, her principles and her legacy.
A documentary tracing punk from the SEX shop of Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood. Featuring contributions from Tony James, Gene October, Jon Savage, Glen Matlock, Jah Wobble, Steve Severin and archive performances.
Self
A man asks himself about the image of women who are offered for his gaze. A documentary about the image of women in fashion, film, and life.
Vivienne Westwood, fashion icon. Her visionary embrace of punk fashion (safety pins, bondage gear and spiked collars) and love of tartan gave her designs an unequivocal Westwood stamp in 1970s. Always politically engaged, the three-times British Designer of the Year has become an outspoken civil rights and climate change activist.
The story of Sid Vicious, by those who really knew him
Self
Kinky Gerlinky was the biggest, most fabulous, most stylish nightclub London has ever seen. This documentary edited from over 200 hours shot on 21 nights, conveys the experience of one full night out at the club, and gains unique intimacy with most of the action directed to camera.
Herself (archive footage)
Os Sex Pistols existiram por apenas 26 meses e gravaram um único álbum, mas mudaram a cara da música para sempre. Este filme documenta sua história, do surgimento à implosão da banda. Tendo como pano de fundo a cena política, econômica e social de Londres em meados dos anos 70, descreve um momento chave de transição na história social inglesa. A essência do movimento punk, resultando numa envolvente experiência cultural.
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Um roteirista alcoólatra decide beber até morrer em Las Vegas. Ele conhece uma bela prostituta e os dois começam um relacionamento incomum: ela não pode dizer a ele para parar de beber e ele não pode culpá-la pelo trabalho dela.
A documentary on the ways in which the symbolism of the breast is expressed in film, fashion and filth, how the bosom is idealised and the means by which it is trivialised and denigrated. Contributors include Barbara Windsor, Jane Russell, Marina Warner, Sheila Kitzinger, American poet Audre Lorde, Vivienne Westwood, Anna Raeburn and Russ Meyer.
