TORONTO '08 | "Valentino: The Last Emperor" in Toronto

The first screening for "Valentino: The Last Emperor" received a rapturous applause for Italian designer Valentino who attended the screening. Director Matt Tyrnauer (pictured here in Toronto at the Four Seasons Hotel with his friend, the bamboo plant) followed Valentino Garavani and his partner of almost 50 years Giancarlo Giametti over a period of time leading up to Garavani's dazzling 45th anniversary celebration in Rome. During a Q&A at a later screening, Tyrnauer admitted filming was not always easy with the sometimes moody Valentino, and he often scuffles with him during the film when the 70 year-old designer wants the camera to go away. To read more comments from Tyrnauer and Valentino, check out our recent Toronto Dispatch.