Does the devil really wear Prada?
R.J. Cutler discusses his fascinating documentary “The September Issue,” an unvarnished view of Vogue magazine and fashion’s ice princess, Anna Wintour. Andrew O’Hehir Jan. 23, 2009 | Actual Reality Pictures/Lori HawkinsListen to the interview with R.J. CutlerSubscribe to Conversations: iTunes RSS PARK CITY, Utah — R.J. Cutler is a cheerful, slightly disheveled fellow in his mid-40s, and when I meet him at Sundance he’s wearing jeans and a chain-store shirt that hasn’t seen an iron for some time. He looks the part of a documentary filmmaker. He does not look like a guy who would know anything about fashion. In fact Cutler, by his own admission, knew very little about Vogue magazine or its legendary editor, Anna Wintour, or the arena of international fashion she dominates as a semi-official tyrant. He only knew enough to want to know more. Fortunately for Cutler and for us, his documentary method — the technique known as cinéma-vérité, which involves direct observation and no narratio
