Vidal Sassoon The Movie (PG)

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Tue May 17 2011

Yes, it’s a feature doc about a hairdresser. And you can wipe that supercilious smirk off your face right now. This is Vidal Sassoon, truly a great Londoner. Put in care because his mum was too poor to look after him, he fought Mosley’s fascists in the East End and worked himself up from floor-sweeper to change the face of his chosen métier. An autodidact, Sassoon shaped hair with the asymmetric lines of modern architecture, and his ‘five-point cut’ proved a genuine work of art. But this lovingly made portrait loses momentum when Sassoon becomes a brand rather than an innovator. This lively octogenarian deserves the attention, but the film flits from enlightening to infomercial.

Author: Trevor Johnston

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Rated:

PG

UK release:

Fri May 20 2011

Duration:

93 mins

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Director:

Craig Teper

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  • LOL I see hairdressing will not be important to you if you are a baldie And thank you for your reply and no offense taken.

    Shayne Sat Jun 4 2011
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  • You are quite right, my friend. I apologise if I offended. I do respect all trades except admen and what I was laughing at was the producer's puff, not Mr Sassoon. Hairdressers are important to almost every woman alive but they're not important to me coz I'm a baldie.

    Phil Ince Fri Jun 3 2011
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  • You have to be a hairdresser to understand how Vidal Sasson changed the face of hairdressing! Hairdressing is a very hard trade to learn and he made it very exciting with his new ideas. Hairdressing is an art and people should respect every body's trade even if it dose not suit them

    Shayne Thu May 19 2011
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  • I looked up this film because I couldn't believe it had been made. The producer is quoted as saying: "Vidal Sasson is the most important man in hairdressing, ever". There are important men in hairdressing apparantly. I wonder if anyone except hairdressers and producers of films about them believe this. It's over 24 hours since I read that quote and it's still making laugh.

    Phil Ince Tue May 17 2011
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