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Movie Synopsis :

The First Monday in May follows the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's most attended fashion exhibition in history, "China: Through The Looking Glass," an exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions by Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton. With unprecedented access, filmmaker Andrew Rossi captures the collision of high fashion and celebrity at the Met Gala, one of the biggest global fashion events chaired every year by Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour. Featuring a cast of renowned artists in many fields (including filmmaker Wong Kar Wai and fashion designers Karl Lagerfeld, Jean Paul Gaultier and John Galliano) as well as a host of contemporary pop icons like Rihanna, the movie dives into the debate about whether fashion should be viewed as art. 

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Ahalf-dozen fascinating stories intertwine in the documentary "The First Monday in May," a film that suffers from the diffusion — although director Andrew Rossi mostly stands accused of being overly attuned to his subject's rich possibilities.

In a broad sense, "The First Monday in May" is about the Metropolitan Museum of Art's popular 2015 exhibit "China: Through the Looking Glass," a collection of fashion designs inspired by Chinese culture. The best-attended fashion-related event at the Met since "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty," "Looking Glass" helped settle some of the controversy over whether designing clothes is just "decorative art."

But the show also sparked new controversies, which Rossi engages thoughtfully. Many of the featured designers were inspired by "Orientalist" stereotypes. Does displaying those works tell a story that shouldn't be ignored, or does it also exploit the exotic trappings of the Far East?

As with Rossi's acclaimed documentary "Page One: Inside the New York Times," "First Monday" covers too much ground, here weaving in the involvement of Vogue editor Anna Wintour and the complex planning behind the celebrity-studded opening gala.

That said, the famous faces give the movie a touch of glamour, which helps enhance curator Andrew Bolton's vision. Debates about how best to represent both fashion and China — with the likes of Baz Luhrmann and Wong Kar-wai weighing in — are provocative and useful. But Rihanna walking the red carpet in an Asian-inspired ensemble is fine art in motion.

Details :

• Runtime: 90 min
• Rating: Rated PG-13 for brief strong language
• Production: Relativity Studios
• Genre  : Documentary
• Country: USA
• Language : English

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