Love, Cecil
Documentary
6.4/10
|US
|en
|98 min
Release Date: 2017-12-01
Overview - A documentary about Academy Award-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton. A respected photographer, artist, and set designer, Beaton was best known for designing on award-winning films such as 'Gigi' (1958) and 'My Fair Lady' (1964). The film features archive footage and interviews with a number of models, artists, and filmmakers who worked closely with Beaton during his illustrious career.
Production Companies
Fischio Films
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7/10
As much as this is a documentary on this legendary photographer, it's also an interesting retrospective on the end of empire and of days long gone. Sir Cecil Beaton started out his adult life as an aspiring fop, a dandy - and at a time when it was still very much illegal, a gay man. He had an eye, though, and through a combination of serendipity and skill ended up taking photographs that were publ...
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