Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist

This is not a slick documentary, which suits the subject. The film relies on informal interviews and behind the scenes cine-verité, coupled with ample archival footage. There is a certain loose feel to the film structure, from Westwood's grumpy reluctance to talk at a certain point to the not-so-smooth transitions. Things that would be typically edited out in other docs find their way into the final cut. In this case this works well, matching Westwood's aesthetics and personality. In a way she was all over the place, and brilliantly so. At times the documentary goes from a direct cinema style to a reality TV feel, which again, suits the subject fine. Including Vivienne's rudeness to her staff, a reflection of her creative tension before a show, was a good choice in my opinion. We don't want a polished hagiography, I don't think she wanted it either. If you like fashion and art, this documentary will probably be interesting to you. I loved it in all its imperfections.

The plain and simple truth! and the #1 thing i like is ALL THE ARCHIVE VIDEO! i ve been collecting for 15years and i avent seen some of the images!

i also emailed them and THEY WANTED TO HELP ME FIND THE SOURCE!

so bored of all those pretty documentary showing what the consumer wants to see!

This is the truth! it is hard to be a carrying business and trying to do things right.

Far from perfect, the brand still goes on and for the first time we can see what fashion really looks likes with ups and down.

If you don t know her life you ll be able to know a bit as well

hands down the best doc made for Vivienne Westwood.

Surely this must be a mockumentary? All the "I don't want to do this" moaning. And Sacha Baron Cohen in his best role yet as the great Dame's current husband? Of course we want to hear about the Sex Pistols and Malcolm McLaren, but that's not really what we're meant to want, is it?

Do you think that the moral is that it's all too easy to go from one four letter word to another: from "icon" to "logo"?

Adam Buxton said this was worth a watch! He wasn't wrong. I thought it was great. It's interesting and funny. Vivienne and her team come across well, as real people with real emotions, going the the stresses of running a successful fashion house. Well worth watching.

This rather tedious documentary is revealing of the fashion industry but do these phony narcissists think that they look cool while having the appearance of having dressed in the dark in a thrift store?