The September Issue

Director: R.J. Cutler
Cast: Anna Wintour
Theatrical Release Date: August 28, 2009 6:40 AM
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Criticwire: B
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Synopsis: R.J. Cutler’s documentary “The September Issue,” turns the spotlight on a behemoth of the fashion world. Anna Wintour, editor of Vogue for 20 years, is the most powerful and polarizing figure in fashion. Larger than life and more complex than fiction, Wintour embodies a fascinating contradiction of passion and perfectionism as she reigns over a dizzying array of designers, models, photographers, and editors.

Reviews

Surface Tension: R.J. Cutler's "The September Issue"

About five minutes into R.J. Cutler's "The September Issue," an almost-expose of the production of Vogue magazine's annual fall spectacular, electroclash act Ladytron's icy "Destroy Everything You Touch" spikes on the soundtrack. By this point Cutler's already established his hands-off nonfiction f...
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News

Get Ready To "Meet The Sunglasses": Cutler Talks Wintour Doc's Release

"It’s quite hard to look up at yourself in such an intense way," Vogue editor Anna Wintour had said after the Sundance premiere of R.J. Cutler's Wintour-centered doc "The September Issue." This fall, Wintour is going to have get used to audiences around the world doing just that. "September," financ...
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Box Office: "Issue" Finds Huge Friday Numbers; "Woodstock" Mild

R.J. Cutler's Anna Wintour doc "The September Issue" is headed for some impressive opening weekend numbers, according to Friday estimates. The Roadside Attractions release took in a massive $77,232 from six New York City screens last night, averaging $12,873. It even managed $2,600 from a midnight ...
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Interviews

Unmasking Anna Wintour: R.J. Cutler On His "September" Subject

"I had no relationship to this world before the film," "The September Issue" director R.J. Cutler told indieWIRE earlier this week. "I'll be honest with you. To me Vogue was a magazine that my Mom read when I was a kid that I just couldn't find my way through. I couldn't even find the table of conte...
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