Synopsis
From Iowa to Studio 54, this investigation into the rags-to-riches story of America’s first superstar designer uncovers the cautionary tale of an artist who sold his name to Wall Street.
Votre Filmothèque
Cast
- HalstonSelf (archive footage)
- Liza MinnelliSelf
- Marisa BerensonSelf
- Joel SchumacherSelf
- Naeem KhanSelf
- Pat ClevelandSelf
- Karen BjornsonSelf
- Bob ColacelloSelf
- Tavi GevinsonChloe the Narrator
- Sean DuganBill Dugan
Recommandations
- 88
RogerEbert.com
Compared to the inherent compactness of “Dior and I” that crystallizes Dior’s collective craft and process under its new creative director Raf Simons, Halston is vast, and therefore, less of a thrill to watch than the real-life “Project Runway” challenge thrown at Simons. But it will be no less breathtaking for fashion enthusiasts, and anyone dwelling in the tricky intersection of art, history and commerce. - 80
TheWrap
Halston is at its most naturally energetic when highlighting career triumphs. It’s packed with archival footage remembering past glamour, and moving contemporary interviews with models like Pat Cleveland, whose own ascendance in the fashion world as one of the first African American models to make a name for herself, went hand in hand with Halston’s paradigm shift. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Even with its imperfections, the expansive scope of this tribute seems entirely fitting for an industry giant who put America on the global fashion map. - 70
Screen Daily
It would be easy to paint him as a tragic figure but Tcheng’s film is more of a celebration than a lamentation, saluting a superstar designer whose life was a triumph of style and substance. - 70
Rolling Stone
Ignore the film’s foolish framing device and Halston emerges as a fascinating study of a fashion artist who allowed women to live an idealized vision of themselves. - 63
Boston Globe
It’s an understatement to say that Tcheng is drawn to this material. He revels in it. Yet he’s too clear-eyed to turn Halston’s story into a morality tale. - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
“I have a theory that less becomes more,” Halston purrs in one early interview. The opposite may well be true, and the same could be said for this documentary. - 60
Variety
When it reverts to conventional documentary storytelling, then, “Halston” is thrilling stuff for fashion nerds, as well as a poignant character study of a misfit ultimately undone by an excessive hunger to prove himself.
