Celebration : Yves Saint Laurent - Film Festival 2019

Most years at the Film Festival the documentaries have been a highlight for me, and for the past few years there have been a good fashion documentary that gives a good look at the latest fashion show collection or behind the scenes look at the designers lives.  This one was focused on Yves Saint Laurent and is cobbled together from 18 hours of footage filmed over 2 years between 1998 and 2001. 

Yves Saint Laurent is shown at the end of his reign as the last couture designer, as he prepares to hand the reigns over.  He appears broken and frail in the small amount of footage he is seen in, and I felt sorry for the man thinking that he should have given up way before this, and got to enjoy his riches. 

Because the film footage is old, it is not the high definition look we are used to and whoever added the high piercing sound whenever the designer is on the screen made it an almost unwatchable for me.

I felt no joy in watching this one, and just came away feeling sad for the man.   2/5