This week I saw
L'Amour Fou which centers on the partner of the late designer Yves Saint Laurent as he readies their artworks for auction. In the documentary film, Pierre Berge speaks poignantly about attending the Christie's auction and hoping the precious pieces will "fly off like birds and find a new place to perch." We [the audience] mourned the dismantling of a life together; the spoils of their love being picked apart. It is a tender film focused on the long relationship between Laurent and Berge as well as Laurent's place in fashion history, developing the first ready-to-wear line. Full of fascinating historical footage and tours of their sumptuous homes, it is a marvelous look into their jet-set life style, art collection and the memory of the person who shared them. Now playing at Laemmle Royal Theatre, West Los Angeles.
