VALENTINO: THE LAST EMPEROR: Q & A with filmmaker MATT TYRNAUER & VOGUE Editor at Large ANDRE LEON TALLEY (Recorded, March 19, 2009)

Summary: VALENTINO: THE LAST EMPEROR: MATT TYRNAUER, LONGTIME VANITY FAIR EDITOR AND WRITER, TAKES ON HAUTE COUTURE ICON VALENTINO, a man whose fabulous gowns have graced the bodies of the world’s most glamorous women for nearly five decades. The film was shot over two years — in Paris, Rome, London, NY, Gstaad, and aboard Valentino’s yacht — during a period when rumors of the designer’s retirement were swirling about him and partner Giancarlo Giammetti. The filmmaker had extraordinary access to these men, partners in both business and life, whose arguments over the need for more ruffles or the appropriateness of sand dunes for a runway show are inevitably reduced to the intimacy and warmth that are the bedrock of their relationship. This podcast is a recording of the Q & A with filmmaker MATT TYRNAUER & VOGUE Editor at Large ANDRE LEON TALLEY, recorded, March 19, 2009, at Film Forum.