Chapter 86 The Devil's Power Secret

The key reason why The Devil Wears Prada, starring Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep, became a hot topic in 2006 was that it featured Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of American Vogue. archetype and cast her as a domineering woman.This film led to the birth of another film, the "September Issue" by the well-known documentary director RJ Cutler. Cutler filmed this film with the purpose of showing a real Anna Wintour, who is different from the "fashion devil" image in novels and movies. For this reason, he formed a four-member team to enter Vogue and spent nine months. Time, 300 hours of material was shot, and the final cut film closely revolves around the process of Anna Wintour and her team publishing the September 2007 issue. This issue is the thickest special issue of Vogue in history. It was 840 pages thick, 727 of which were advertisements.

"September" was filmed after "The Devil Wears Prada", and it can also be watched after "The Devil Wears Prada". The two films are in contrast and very interesting. The Devil Wears Prada is hyped up to make one think it's about to see a relentless reveal movie, but in reality it doesn't vilify Anna Wintour so much as to be superficially sarcasm , even at the end, portrayed Anna Wintour as a wise man who gently watched the growth of the younger generation and deliberately sharpened her.The structure of the whole film is completely Hollywood-style, first throwing out the straightforward and cruel phenomenon, and finally interpreting it with warmth.

"September" is just the opposite. It seems to create a positive image of Anna Wintour and the fashion industry, but it expresses a kind of sarcasm implicitly. The devil in "The Devil Wears Prada" Arrogance can be understood as a personal subjective impression, but "September" confirmed the part that "The Devil Wears Prada" failed to confirm with plain records and interviews. Anna Wintour in the film always casually glances at the photos taken with great painstaking efforts and the clothes designed by famous artists, and immediately rejects them, even if the work is not bad, even if it is A set of photos that cost $50,000 to shoot, even if the magazine is only a few days away.Of course, this kind of arrogance may be based on the height of her career and the secrets of power she has learned: the more vetoes, the more casual her attitude, the more her power is strengthened, because the secret of power is vetoes, and there is no need to veto power cannot be called power.

Why is this so?Because most of the time, people are not unfree, but too free. In the huge world, they can go in any direction, make any kind of attempt, and eventually be overwhelmed by huge possibilities. I am looking for someone who is in charge, for myself, for a group of people.Even if it is rash to call the shots, it also provides people with a direction and boundaries.What people want is a boundary.Therefore, Zhong said well: "To worship a master is to find someone who can make decisions for oneself." Anna Wintour was the one calling the shots, the one providing the boundaries.Does the subtle (and highly subjective) difference between one photo and another really matter?Is there really such a thing as fashion?Everyone was in a panic, but she dared to provide a direction, a boundary, she thought that feather clothing would be back in fashion, she thought that jackets would be back, and everyone was going in the direction she pointed, thus confirming her statement, in fact, The same echoes if she makes tin suits next season's fashion.Power is gradually acquired in the process of constantly being the master and providing boundaries for others.People with the same aptitude and the same starting point, after reaching the same level, most of them stagnate, and those who dare to make decisions continue to move forward and gain more weight.

The world is like a ship with no direction. People are waiting for the leader to appear, and they are willing to be swayed by their opinions in order to gain the illusion of mastering the world. This is what the "September" told me, and it is also ours History continues to confirm.