Lagerfeld Confidential? Don't Be Silly.

After all, this is the man who went to extraordinary lengths to prevent the publication of Alicia Drake's, The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris in which she details the excesses, ambitions and feuds between le beau monde of that glamorous period including Lagerfeld's longstanding feud with Pierre Berge and Yves Saint-Laurent. Why then would anyone think Karl Lagerfeld would actually reveal himself to us in a documentary film? He certainly didn't reveal anything of himself in Loic Prigent's documentary Signe Chanel for the Arte network in 2005. And why should he? Our celebrity obsessed, voyeuristic need to "reveal" every deeply personal and sometimes sordid detail of someone's life is silly. Why can't we simply accept his many offerings: beautiful clothing and accessories at Chanel, fabulously luxurious collections at Fendi and cutting edge cool from his eponymous fashion line?

The lack of revelations should not dissuade you from going to see the movie. After all, Karl Lagerfeld has an acerbic wit and a fantastically rich personal culture that has him quoting everyone from Proust to Warhol. I don't always "get him" (he speaks way too fast) but I find him highly entertaining in a deliciously bitchy way.

Rodolphe Marconi's Lagerfeld Confidential opens publicly today, October 10, in France and the US. British audiences will have to wait until October 26 for the UK release. For further detail including film excerpts, go to www.lagerfeldconfidential.com.