Nov. 30 movie: Ready to Wear. In case you haven't heard, this movie sucks. It was supposed to be a cynical insider comedy, The Player of fashion, but it's just a chaotic, unfunny mess. For a while my ex and I had a tradition every Christmas day, of going to the Carolina Theatre to see an eagerly anticipated indie film that turned out to suck bigtime. Ready to Wear was one of them.
It's not all bad though. There are some good moments. Richard E. Grant is funny as a Galliano-esque designer. And there are lots of runway shows full of wacky, now tacky, early 90s fashions. The Isaac show had "Twiggy Twiggy" as soundtrack music, which if I recall correctly, was the first time I ever heard Pizzicato Five. That's something to recommend the movie. I remembered a couple of the shows from having seen them in magazines at the time, definitely Gaultier's eskimo collection. It makes me wonder how Altman filmed this? Did he film at the actual shows, with his actors in front row seats? It seems like he must have. It would have been difficult to recreate those shows with all the models and real industry people. And now I've put way more energy into thinking about this movie than it deserves.
So, am I the only person in the world who liked Ready to Wear?