The Last Emperor "Valentino"

photo of Matt Tyrnauer

Last Night a bunch of friends  of mine we all went to see the directorial project of the talented writer  Matt Tyrnauer who just happens to also write for Vanity Fair.

What was most interesting to all of us was the relationship between these two men and the inner workings of this famed haute couture house and its fellinesk type of women who painstakingly sew everything by hand ... this is what haute couture is all about ...

Matt sense of humor and candid honesty of these two men is very different to what the movie viewer senses throughout the film .. the men taunt each other back and forth but what one discovers its all just a dance between  two men who have needed each other to be who they are as one. both are fashion icons in there own right  and both deserve praise.

But what one does not get is the many many hours of Matt's painstakingly  hours of cutting room drama , behind the scenes of the difficulty it took to capture these two men in action ... and we all hope that one day there will be many sequels to the many cast of characters that were in the behind the scenes of the Valentino family of co workers and friends.

This is a true work of art, I myself and my partner Scott Stargardt  can see allot of ourselves in this  kind of working relationship , maybe someday we will be worthy of a film experience of sorts.. I can only tell you this , I am not Valentino ... that's is Scott.:)   wink wink