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Movie review: High & Low – John Galliano is a breathless ride

Movie review: High & Low – John Galliano is a breathless ride

This documentary tracks the rise and fall and rehabilitation of the acclaimed fashion designer, whose grotesque extravagance was no impediment to success.

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In December 2010, John Galliano, one of the most celebrated British designers of all time, murdered his own career with a drunken antisemitic tirade in a Paris cafe.

Kevin Macdonald’s feature-length documentary, High & Low – John Galliano, features footage of Galliano’s meltdown, and it’s not a pretty sight. The same could be said of Galliano’s entire life in fashion, but up until this moment, signalled at the beginning of the film, the grotesque extravagance of his designs and his lifestyle had been no impediment to success. On the contrary, it was all part of Galliano’s mystique.

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