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The production was granted full access to The Lee Miller Archives, with full cooperation and trust from Miller's family
Tale
The story of American photographer Lee Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.. Miller is refused entry to Hitler's apartment because it's "Officers Only." War correspondents were accorded the Captain rank, so, technically, the US Army guard should have granted her admission..
Featured in The 7PM Project: Episode dated 21 October 2024 (2024)
Lee Miller: [Handing a knife to a girl she has just saved from rape] Next time, cut it off.. The closing credits have some "what happened to" explanations ; and some of Lee's original photos, often alongside the ones which were recreated for the film..
Lee was the IT model girl that was super cool and here she comes across as an elderly dull fashion photographer with not much spark or evolution from It girl to WW2 photographer with same type of sparkThe worst part of the film was the son/ mother interview scenes that has a terrible ending that tries to create some synergy between Lee and her past which easily could have been handled better as it felt rushed and out of place
I was really excited to see Kate Winslet in this passion project and of course she always delivers with her superb acting, and the directing is definitely well done and it provides a unique perspective on World War II.However the lack of focus on Lee Miller beginnings as a fashion model and her artistic entourage including Picasso and elites with a quick brief intro to a wasted Alexander Skars as a Brit whom has no chemistry or anything unique to add which is a shame. It almost seems like his part was edited out for good reasons as it was a poor choice and so many real good British actors that might capture their supposed chemistry.Also the first half felt poorly paced and thankfully Adam Sandberg brings some depths to the Nazi scenes esp of holocaust even though the bathroom scene was over the top yet without understanding the fashion and elite artistic crowd Lee hung out with prior it sort of makes no sense and feels out of place.
Go in with low expectations and you'll enjoy the film7 stars
I'll leave out the spoiler as it's just bizarre ending yet maybe that was the point leaving a few paragraph lines to explain the decision.Regardless it is a truly magnificent film and always a pleasure to see Kate Winslet shine as an actress even if the script falls short that does not take away from the great directing.