Yellow is Forbidden
New Zealand documentarian Pietra Brettkelly (A Flickering Truth) chronicles designer Guo Pei's attempt to break into the exclusive and mostly European club of elite fashion designers.
- Director:
- Pietra Brettkelly ('A Flickering Truth', 'The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins', 'Beauty Will Save the World')
- Writer:
- Pietra Brettkelly
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Sarah Voon
flicksI’m pretty sure Nick Cave was fabric shopping in the back of a shot in New Zealander Pietra Brettkelly’s Yellow is Forbidden, and that’s just one of a myriad of surprising observations captured in this truly beguiling documentary about Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei.
Flicks, Sarah Voon
flicksI’m pretty sure Nick Cave was fabric shopping in the back of a shot in New Zealander Pietra Brettkelly’s Yellow is Forbidden, and that’s just one of a myriad of surprising observations captured in this truly beguiling documentary about Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei.
Stuff
pressDress after dress of ludicrous artifice, but spectacular beauty. Finally, I felt like I got the point.
Screen Daily
pressBrettkelly's film is too polite to treat this milieu, rarefied to the point of being ridiculous, with anything other than intricately embroidered kid gloves.
New Zealand Herald
pressNumerous story threads keep the interest, and Pei makes for delightful company - you don't need to be interested in fashion to enjoy this visual feast of a film.
New Zealand Herald
pressThe amount of eye candy on display throughout the film borders on excessive but what allows the film to retain its interest and power is the charisma and story of its subject.
Flicks, Sarah Voon
flicksI’m pretty sure Nick Cave was fabric shopping in the back of a shot in New Zealander Pietra Brettkelly’s Yellow is Forbidden, and that’s just one of a myriad of surprising observations captured in this truly beguiling documentary about Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei.
Flicks, Sarah Voon
flicksI’m pretty sure Nick Cave was fabric shopping in the back of a shot in New Zealander Pietra Brettkelly’s Yellow is Forbidden, and that’s just one of a myriad of surprising observations captured in this truly beguiling documentary about Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei.
Stuff
pressDress after dress of ludicrous artifice, but spectacular beauty. Finally, I felt like I got the point.
Screen Daily
pressBrettkelly's film is too polite to treat this milieu, rarefied to the point of being ridiculous, with anything other than intricately embroidered kid gloves.
New Zealand Herald
pressNumerous story threads keep the interest, and Pei makes for delightful company - you don't need to be interested in fashion to enjoy this visual feast of a film.
New Zealand Herald
pressThe amount of eye candy on display throughout the film borders on excessive but what allows the film to retain its interest and power is the charisma and story of its subject.
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