The 9th Annual Letterboxd Season Challenge
Robert Altman's satirical style is clearly a very specific taste that doesn't resonate with many, but despite Pret a Porter being set in the insular world of Parisian high fashion, a world that I know nothing about, the ridiculously huge ensemble cast really landed for me.
But seriously, how a film with seven Oscar winners (Sophia Loren, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Kim Basinger, Forest Whitaker, Linda Hunt and Cher) and nine more Oscar nominees (Stephen Rea, Marcello Mastroianni, Lauren Bacall, Sally Kellerman, Teri Garr, Danny Aiello, Anouk Aimée, Richard E. Grant and Björk) can fail to sweep the awards and make a metric shit tonne of spondoolies along the way is beyond me.
It's hard to pick a favourite performance, but it's Richard E. Grant's Cort Romney that ticks all the boxes. Grant based his style and wild character on designer extraordinaire, Vivienne Westwood and boy does it show. Brilliant.