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McQueen

Because I was doing the shows on money that I gotfrom unemployment benefit, I could not...

Because I was doing the shows on money that I got
from unemployment benefit, I could not afford
to show my face on camera because I would be arrested
for working as well as signing on

Full Transcript

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Because I was doing the shows
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on money that I got from unemployment benefit,
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I could not afford to show my face on camera
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because I would be arrested for working as well as signing on.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:56
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Salon Pictures,Misfits Entertainment,Creativity Capital,Moving Pictures Media,Time Based Arts,The Electric Shadow Company,Commondeer Films

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Movie Summary

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.
I really worked that East End yob, - McQueen 00:16
I really worked that East End yob,
He was aware how seductive that was. - McQueen 00:06
He was aware how seductive that was.
He was far from a bad boy. - McQueen 00:11
He was far from a bad boy.
I just remember this one time when I went round his house. - McQueen 00:23
I just remember this one time when I went round his house.
Like, honest, an honest place round here. - McQueen 00:04
Like, honest, an honest place round here.
You know where you stand, if you know what I mean. - McQueen 00:04
You know where you stand, if you know what I mean.
From our granddads, he got the sense of humour, - McQueen 00:05
From our granddads, he got the sense of humour,
I think that he struggled coming out of that background - McQueen 00:08
I think that he struggled coming out of that background
I'd told all my brothers and sisters and aunts, - McQueen 00:05
I'd told all my brothers and sisters and aunts,
He would come home at night and say, - McQueen 00:07
He would come home at night and say,
My dad could be a bit cutting sometimes, but he was joking. - McQueen 00:05
My dad could be a bit cutting sometimes, but he was joking.
And if you didn't know him, you'd probably take that the wrong way. - McQueen 00:05
And if you didn't know him, you'd probably take th...
Lee's father was saying, "Sell your clothes in Brick Lane," - McQueen 00:13
Lee's father was saying, "Sell your clothes in Bri...
From our nan he got that storytelling, - McQueen 00:06
From our nan he got that storytelling,
I think that really lent itself to his visions - McQueen 00:07
I think that really lent itself to his visions
She was very strong and powerful - McQueen 00:10
She was very strong and powerful
She made him feel like he could do anything. - McQueen 00:14
She made him feel like he could do anything.
She was looking into the genealogy of the McQueen family - McQueen 00:18
She was looking into the genealogy of the McQueen family
She encouraged the sort of fantasy - McQueen 00:06
She encouraged the sort of fantasy
You have two types of Scotland people will associate themselves with, - McQueen 00:35
You have two types of Scotland people will associate themsel...