Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel (2012)
88%RT Audience Score: 79%
Awards & Nominations: 3 wins & 4 nominations
An affectionate portrait created with visual flair, Diana Vreeland is entertaining, informative, and stylish, due in large part to its charismatic subject
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel” is like a fashionista’s dream come true. It’s full of energy, humor, and fabulousness, just like its subject. The documentary celebrates the life and work of the late, great Diana Vreeland, who was a true icon in the fashion industry. From her refined yet raucous baritone voice to her famous pronouncements (“I adore pink! It is the navy blue of India!”), Vreeland was a force to be reckoned with. The film is a must-see for anyone who loves fashion, style, and a good dose of humor. So grab your popcorn and get ready to travel with the eye of the one and only Diana Vreeland.
Production Company(ies)
London Film Productions,
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Los Angeles, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong language and some violence
Year of Release
1997
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:2.35 : 1
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Runtime:1h 17m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 21, 2012 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 5, 2013
Genre(s)
Keyword(s)
Worldwide gross: $7,281,450
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $13,573,212
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,859
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 1,480,176
US/Canada gross: $7,281,450
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $13,573,212
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,520
US/Canada opening weekend: $3,020,015
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $5,629,552
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,075
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $18,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $33,553,456
Production budget ranking: 1,085
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $18,068,536
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$38,048,780
ROI to date (est.): -74%
ROI ranking: 1,826
Lillian Bassman – Self
Manolo Blahnik – Self
Bob Colacello – Self
Hubert de Givenchy – Self
Oscar de la Renta – Self
Lisa Immordino Vreeland – Director/Producer/Writer
Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt – Writer
Frédéric Tcheng – Writer
Director(s)
Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Writer(s)
Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng
Producer(s)
Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Film Festivals
Telluride
Awards & Nominations
3 wins & 4 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (71) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (67) | Rotten (4)
Fantastic fun. It’s full of energy and zing, just like its subject, although, just like its subject, it also feels less than truthful somehow.
September 1, 2018
Deborah Ross
The Spectator
TOP CRITIC
We suspect that in her imperious voice, Vreeland would say she was mad about it, and she’d mean it as a measure of praise.
January 24, 2013 | Rating: 3/4
Joe Williams
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
TOP CRITIC
She wanted you to look and look again, and this film is full of images which make you do just that.
November 22, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/5
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
There’s something marvellously comic about her, an effect reinforced by her refined yet raucous baritone voice.
November 22, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
Jake Wilson
The Age (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
Her life, and her work, transcended what we think of as “fashion.” Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel celebrates a unique and uniquely determined woman.
November 1, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/4
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
TOP CRITIC
Many people remember some of Diana Vreeland’s famous pronouncements (“I adore pink! It is the navy blue of India!”) but few remember actually hearing her speak. The documentary Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel takes care of that.
October 26, 2012 | Rating: 3/4
Suzanne S. Brown
Denver Post
TOP CRITIC
The late Vreeland is the subject of the absorbing 2011 documentary “Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel”.
April 23, 2020
Loren King
Newport This Week (RI)
The mixture of archive footage with contemporary interviews, photography and animation works exceptionally well and shows great craft.
February 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Lee Cassanell
CineVue
The late, great Diana Vreeland devoted her youth to reinventing herself-and her life-to redefine how the world sees beauty. While she may not have become a swan, she became something much more opulent and grand. A peacock, perhaps.
December 3, 2017 | Rating: 8/10
Alexandra MacAaron
Women’s Voices for Change
The limits placed on Immordino Vreeland by a presumed family obligation and her subject’s superstructure persona create a fascinating narrative tension in an otherwise admirably executed but boilerplate personality piece.
September 11, 2017
Michelle Orange
Capital New York
Although some of the dates and causal events in her life are passed over, the rhythm and style carry the narrative forward until the last 20 minutes, when the film mostly meanders to the finish.
April 21, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/5
Matt Kelemen
Las Vegas CityLife
She was a fashion-industry icon and taste-maker for decades, working at Harper’s and then Vogue in an era when magazine publishing was as adventuresome as painting, filmmaking and music.
February 25, 2013 | Rating: 3/4
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)…
Plot
Maureen is pregnant and her husband Eddie is missing. Nervous, Maureen shares a couple of drinks with neighbor Kiefer, who tries to rape her and then beats her. When Eddie returns and finds his wife bruised, he goes ballistic, shoots a paramedic and is put in a psychiatric institution. Ten years later, Eddie is released and finds that Maureen has divorced him and is remarried with three children, one of whom is his little girl Jeanie. Eddie goes to reclaim his wife.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The documentary features interviews with fashion industry icons such as Manolo Blahnik and Hubert de Givenchy.
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