Intimate Look Into Karl Lagerfeld’s Life

October 25th, 2007

Ever wonder what it would be like to be a fly on the wall in Karl Lagerfeld’s life? The Lagerfeld Confidential will deliver just that. French director Rodolphe Marconi was Lagerfeld’s shadow for 6 months with camera in hand. The results are candid, intimate and captivating. Lagerfeld Confidential opened in a few cities this week and Vice mag had a chance to ask Marconi a few burning questions about the experience.

A Tribute To Karl Lagerfeld:

Rodolphe Marconi Films Karl Lagerfeld Au Naturale

From Vice Mag:

I want to ask you about the beginning of the film, when you’re first inside of his room. You see the rings, the iPods, all the paper collars he wears, and his huge library of books and art. Is he a collector, or does he consider these necessities?
It’s very paradoxical because he wants to buy everything and he wants to know everything and to read everything and to wear everything. I’m not sure he’s a collector, but it’s like this for everything: He has 500 jeans, 300 shirts, 200 rings. Seeing his personal effects was very special for me because nobody ever goes into his room, and I wanted absolutely to go into his bedroom. So I waited about three weeks, and I tried to knock on the door and he let me in. I put this scene in the beginning of the film—it’s for the audience—“You’re going to enter in his life.” The bedroom of Karl is the most private thing you can find.

Did you perceive any acting or posing for the camera?
No. I was always with him, but I couldn’t shoot all day and night, so sometimes I had the camera, sometimes I didn’t. It was very strange because he was exactly the same: the same words, the same voice, the same attitude. He doesn’t care. The two first days, he was a little bit strange, because sometimes he forgot there was a camera and would look at me and remember. But after a while, he completely ignored it.

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Official Synopsis of the movie:
After two years of work, and over two hundred hours of footage, Rodolphe Marconi discloses the daily life of the star through his personal lens as a filmmaker. We see Karl Lagerfeld designing a dress in private, giving public interviews, his time and work as a photographer, his collection of art books, Chanel, Lagerfeld Gallery (now “Karl Lagerfeld” brand), the most beautiful women in the world, actresses and stars from around the world.

Movie Production Credits
LAGERFELD CONFIDENTIEL
A movie by Rodolphe Marconi
Selection 57th BERLINALE
Panorama Section of Berlin International Film Festival 2007
Place of Shooting : Paris Tokyo New York Monaco Biarritz
Shooting Begins : Septembre 2004
Fin du tournage : mars 2006
Executive Production : Cinemao – Mathieu Warter
Agent de financement : Backup Films
Producer : Realitism Films – Gregory Bernard
Direction and video installation : Machine Molle – Yvonne Nepp – IVS Technologies