Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
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69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics

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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    Nov 1, 2012
    88
    Her life, and her work, transcended what we think of as "fashion."
  2. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Diego Costa
    Sep 21, 2012
    88
    The film captures Vreeland's perhaps unwitting philosophical integrity just as much as it drowns us in the exuberance of her work.

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  1. MarcDoyle
    5
    Vreeland was an extraordinary person, and I'm inspired by her life and her attitude. (She probably worked way too hard in her life, but I understand her passion for it.) But the way this documentarian captures her life just feels mailed in. There's a hundred ways you can present this type of material, and I just thought much of it was cheesy. Not bad, but just not nearly as good as it could have been. The final shot?? Animated Vreeland flying away in the Lindberg plane?? Didn't work for me. The final shot should have been dramatic, stylish, iconoclastic - but not childish. The extended Jane Pauly interviews were excellent. The George Plimpton discussions? Less so.… Full Review »
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