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Love, Cecil

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The life and work of Oscar-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton.
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Love, Cecil shines a warm - and long overdue - spotlight on the work of an Oscar-winning talent whose contributions to classic cinema are too often overlooked.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 03/27/2020
[Director Lisa Immordino Vreeland's] best accomplishment is having gathered so much of Beaton's work from various disciplines into one place, so the full force of his aesthetic can be appreciated. Go to Full Review Scott Marks San Diego Reader 08/31/2018
1/5
The film version of My Fair Lady is a ceremonious bore, and the viewer has Cecil Beaton's pompously sedentary, open-casket visual compositions to blame. Go to Full Review Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post 07/25/2018
2.5/4
Thorough and pleasurable - if lightweight... Go to Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse 03/04/2021
3.5/5
It moves chronologically through the man's life with none of the style Beaton brought to his own life on display but narration by Rupert Everett, lifted directly from the photographer's own diaries, brings intimacy to the proceedings. Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 10/15/2020
This documentary tribute is colorful if somewhat frustrating, though that may be inevitable... Go to Full Review Steven Prokopy Third Coast Review 06/17/2020
Love, Cecil doesn't shy away from Beaton's contradictions or from his being something of a poseur -- at times he almost embraced the double life he was leading -- and that makes the film all the more watchable and substantive. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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11/07/2018 Well presented documentary on the life and career of photographer, costume and set designer, author, illustrator, and painter Cecil Beaton. Although his life story is quite fascinating, I thought the real power of the film was in the striking photographs he took, as well as the dazzling costumes and lush sets he created for such films as My Fair Lady and Gigi. The movie is narrated by Rupert Everett and directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland. There were no subtitles on my DVD copy, but I was able to access them through the closed captioning option on my remote. See more Read all reviews
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Lisa Immordino Vreeland

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Hamish Bowles

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Leslie Caron

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Rupert Everett

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David Hockney

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Isaac Mizrahi

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Synopsis The life and work of Oscar-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton.
Director
Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Producer
Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Distributor
Zeitgeist Films, Kino Lorber
Production Co
Fischio Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 29, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 21, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$103.3K
Runtime
1h 38m
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