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McQueen

The life and career of fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen: from his start as a tailor, to launching and overseeing his eponymous line and his untimely death.

Director

Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui

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Genre

documentary, biography

Box Office

$1,257,275

Production

Salon Pictures,Misfits Entertainment,Creativity Capital,Moving Pictures Media,Time Based Arts,The Electric Shadow Company,Commondeer Films

Awards

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film 1 win & 11 nominations total

Homepage

https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/mcqueen

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John McKitterick

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Gary James McQueen

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Catherine de Londres

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Nicolas Jurnjack

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Magdalena Frackowiak

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Annabelle Neilson

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Vlada Roslyakova

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André Leon Talley

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And also he didn't trust anyone. - McQueen

And also he didn't trust anyone.

He thought, - McQueen

People forget fashion's
always been about attracting a mate. - McQueen

People forget fashion's always been about attracting a ...

When he changed his appearance, - McQueen

When he changed his appearance,

I've never done better work
than my time with Lee. - McQueen

I've never done better work than my time with Lee.

And we all chose it.
We all chose to be there. - McQueen

And we all chose it. We all chose to be there.

I collapsed once in Givenchy - McQueen

I collapsed once in Givenchy

As I grew up, I realised that... - McQueen

As I grew up, I realised that...

It was like full devotion
to the McQueen house. - McQueen

It was like full devotion to the McQueen house.

Looking after his dogs, - McQueen

Looking after his dogs,

We were going also on holiday together. - McQueen

We were going also on holiday together.

Even if I loved what I was doing. - McQueen

Even if I loved what I was doing.

The day I told him I was leaving,
he told me, - McQueen

The day I told him I was leaving, he told me,

No one, erm...
No one came to... - McQueen

No one, erm... No one came to...

Unfortunately,
Lee took things quite to heart - McQueen

Unfortunately, Lee took things quite to heart

A lot of people around fashion
do suffer from anxiety, - McQueen

A lot of people around fashion do suffer from anxiety,

And it has a very negative effect. - McQueen

And it has a very negative effect.

And, of course, Lee being Lee, - McQueen

And, of course, Lee being Lee,

When he came and sat down
to explain what it was, - McQueen

When he came and sat down to explain what it was,

It's a pretty gruesome image - McQueen

It's a pretty gruesome image

The actual set had
that Stanley Kubrick 2001 - McQueen

The actual set had that Stanley Kubrick 2001

Fashion is a big bubble and sometimes I feel like popping it - McQueen

Fashion is a big bubble and sometimes I feel like popping it

When the show starts,
boom, you can see inside. - McQueen

When the show starts, boom, you can see inside.

There was one time
that I'd just come out of surgery - McQueen

There was one time that I'd just come out of surgery

He absorbed things like a sponge, - McQueen

He absorbed things like a sponge,

Life isn't perfect.
We're not a“ perfect size-zero models. - McQueen

Life isn't perfect. We're not a“ perfect size-zero...

For the final image
to be this one - McQueen

For the final image to be this one

Every season
whose collections do I look at? - McQueen

Every season whose collections do I look at?

Whose collections do I think
are absolutely amazing? - McQueen

Whose collections do I think are absolutely amazing?

Tom was literally God
In the industry. - McQueen

Tom was literally God In the industry.

Also he was smart enough to know - McQueen

Also he was smart enough to know

The wonderful thing
about Lee is he is poet... - McQueen

The wonderful thing about Lee is he is poet...

...poet and commerce united,
because he's very practical. - McQueen

...poet and commerce united, because he's very practica...

So he understands you can express
whatever you want on the runway - McQueen

So he understands you can express whatever you want on the r...

Gucci Group was smart.
They saw what the potential was. - McQueen

Gucci Group was smart. They saw what the potential was.

I was looking
for major investment - McQueen

I was looking for major investment

I have an affinity with the sea.
I don't know, maybe cos I'm Pisces. - McQueen

I have an affinity with the sea. I don't know, maybe co...

And when it rains and it snows - McQueen

And when it rains and it snows

H's very melancholic
but it's very romantic. - McQueen

H's very melancholic but it's very romantic.

I have to be surrounded by nature. - McQueen

I have to be surrounded by nature.

All my friends come here
and, you know, - McQueen

All my friends come here and, you know,

He would be spending time
with my mum a lot, down the cottage. - McQueen

He would be spending time with my mum a lot, down the cottag...

I'm grateful
that we had that time together. - McQueen

I'm grateful that we had that time together.

My family keep me grounded. - McQueen

My family keep me grounded.

When I started in London
there was nothing like this. - McQueen

When I started in London there was nothing like this.

All the people here are students
and it's, like, training them up - McQueen

All the people here are students and it's, like, traini...

A lot of time had passed
and I was working at a rubbish tip - McQueen

A lot of time had passed and I was working at a rubbish tip

Lee was really happy having me there, - McQueen

Lee was really happy having me there,

There was a period when it
wasn't so good and I had a lot of angst. - McQueen

There was a period when it wasn't so good and I had a l...

He controlled the vibe
wherever he went. - McQueen

He controlled the vibe wherever he went.

It just made things so fight
and such a nice place to be. - McQueen

It just made things so fight and such a nice place to be.

I speak so loudly
in my work itself, you know. - McQueen

I speak so loudly in my work itself, you know.

Issie died proud, - McQueen

Issie died proud,

I saw him at Issie's funeral and
I've never seen anyone so devastated. - McQueen

I saw him at Issie's funeral and I've never seen a...

Never deny the love. - McQueen

Never deny the love.

Issie seemed to slot in - McQueen

Issie seemed to slot in

She was in the middle
and Lee just loved Issie. - McQueen

She was in the middle and Lee just loved Issie.

Alexander had been abused. - McQueen

Alexander had been abused.

Issie had this very sad instance
when she was about five years old - McQueen

Issie had this very sad instance when she was about five yea...

There was a destructive side
and destructive issues - McQueen

There was a destructive side and destructive issues

The pathway
to her self-destruction was clear. - McQueen

The pathway to her self-destruction was clear.

Issie, perhaps, was thinking
she didn't want to go on forever. - McQueen

Issie, perhaps, was thinking she didn't want to go on f...

Issie was planning her death. - McQueen

Issie was planning her death.

The thing is, when you're ill,
you don't know... - McQueen

The thing is, when you're ill, you don't know...

Issie had ovarian cancer
at the end. - McQueen

Issie had ovarian cancer at the end.

The last thing Issie said to me, - McQueen

The last thing Issie said to me,

McQueen is calling his show
"La Dame Bleue." - McQueen

McQueen is calling his show "La Dame Bleue."

And you could see her children,
in a way, backstage, - McQueen

And you could see her children, in a way, backstage,

What bonded them was Issie. - McQueen

What bonded them was Issie.

Her belief in you made you be
the person you are. - McQueen

Her belief in you made you be the person you are.

Bomb Once you sat down
and you saw the set and the music, - McQueen

Bomb Once you sat down and you saw the set and the music,

It was actually creating
some mythical figure - McQueen

It was actually creating some mythical figure

So emotional. - McQueen

And, erm... - McQueen

And then to see them come on
and realise how young they were - McQueen

And then to see them come on and realise how young they were

I think it had a big effect
on Lee. - McQueen

I think it had a big effect on Lee.

We were watching TV
in the evening - McQueen

We were watching TV in the evening

Three years of being apart, - McQueen

Three years of being apart,

When I hugged him,
that's when I noticed - McQueen

When I hugged him, that's when I noticed

His body structure was just bones. - McQueen

His body structure was just bones.

There was hardly any muscle
or flesh there. - McQueen

There was hardly any muscle or flesh there.

Lee come in with the idea
of having an invitation for a show - McQueen

Lee come in with the idea of having an invitation for a show

Even though it isn't
a death sentence as such, - McQueen

Even though it isn't a death sentence as such,

You'd feel the bad vibes
when Lee was down. - McQueen

You'd feel the bad vibes when Lee was down.

I think the trouble is with Lee, - McQueen

I think the trouble is with Lee,

Yeah, it was just show after show.
I don't know how Lee did it. - McQueen

Yeah, it was just show after show. I don't know how Lee...

The pressures
kind of quite immense now - McQueen

The pressures kind of quite immense now

I do the men's now
and now I also do McQ, - McQueen

I do the men's now and now I also do McQ,

He would have liked
the idea of moving away - McQueen

He would have liked the idea of moving away

I think he would have liked the idea of moving away - McQueen

I think he would have liked the idea of moving away

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The life and career of fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen: from his start as a tailor, to launching and overseeing his eponymous line and his untimely death.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui

Writer: Peter Ettedgui

Production: Salon Pictures,Misfits Entertainment,Creativity Capital,Moving Pictures Media,Time Based Arts,The Electric Shadow Company,Commondeer Films

Genre: documentary, biography

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 84/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice: $1,257,275

Released: 08 Jun 2018

Awards: Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film 1 win & 11 nominations total

Homepage: https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/mcqueen

Also watch: The Crystal Calls Making the Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres, The Ranger, An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, Father Soldier Son, Rebel in the Rye, On Chesil Beach, Return of the Hero, Close, Hotel Artemis