Prêt-à-Porter (Ready to Wear). 1994. Directed by Robert Altman The Model’s Handbook. 1956. Directed by Robert Altman

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Prêt-à-Porter (Ready to Wear). 1994. Directed by Robert Altman. Courtesy Miramax/Park Circus

Prêt-à-Porter (Ready to Wear). 1994. USA. Directed by Robert Altman. 132 min.

Screenplay by Altman, Barbara Shulgasser. With Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Julia Roberts, Kim Basinger, Anouk Aimée, Sally Kellerman. This sprawling comedy, shot during Fashion Week in Paris, is a disorderly series of vignettes documenting the preening acolytes of high-fashion runway shows, featuring cameos from real-life designers and celebrities. Taking on an insular world foreign to him, Altman exerts his usual arsenal of absurdist humor and satire. The distributor anglicized the title for U.S. release in the belief that American audiences would be baffled by the French phrase. 35mm print courtesy the Robert Altman Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

The Model’s Handbook. 1956. USA. Directed by Robert Altman. 13 min.

Screenplay by Eileen Ford, Jerry Ford. With Dorian Leigh. This promotional film provided how-tos for aspiring models and a behind-the-scenes look at the Ford Modeling Agency, for whom it was made. Altman intended the film as the first of a weekly series, but the project never took off. Courtesy Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research. Digital projection.

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