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Halston

2019

Frédéric Tcheng

Documentary, Self: Halston, Liza Minnelli, Marisa Berenson ...

6.3

50

Documentary Fashion designer Halston combined talent, notoriety, and sheer fabulousness to become a legend. From humble beginnings in Des Moines, Iowa, his first brush with fame came when he designed Jackie Onassis’s famous pink pillbox hat. Whether he was popularizing hot pants, creating elegant but comfortable womens wear, launching a perfume line, traveling with a gaggle of models to China, or having hedonistic fun with Liza Minnelli at Studio ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"A true fashion tragedy that docmaker Frédéric Tcheng unpicks with devotion and compelling attention to detail (...) though the film errs by treating its subject’s demise as more of a mystery than it really was."	NEU
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"At two very full hours, the doc feels a tad overstuffed. It's consistently engrossing, with eye-catching graphics and a killer selection of music tracks from across the decades."	NEU
United Kingdom	Allan Hunter Screendaily	"Tcheng creates a fully-rounded portrait of Halston from the homophobia he faced to the lavish lifestyle that he embraced"	POS
United States	Wesley Morris The New York Times	"Knowing what to do with all of that material is its own kind of intelligence. Why overthink it? Or: why show us what you’ve overthought?"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"As a film, 'Halston' captures the exhilarating thrum of that creation. And it takes your breath away (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS

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