Chasing Beauty (2013)

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Very well executed

hyped garbage

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

A lot of documentaries and movies have dealt with this issue on beauty these days but this documentary deals with the idea of beauty in a broader sense in a specific field. Such a unique way to perceive a beauty allows the audience to understand what it looks like to live as a model who always has to look good and be in shape in order to keep their job. Throughout the documentary including a bunch of interviews with models, plastic surgeon, and make-up artists, I found myself questioning the real meaning of beauty. This documentary really makes you think about what it really means to be beautiful as a human being and how a definition of a beauty has been limited to a body image and physical appearance in general these days. What I also really liked was a unique technical aspect of this film, which was very natural and honest as they try to talk about beauty, which is considered to be perfect. I would highly recommend this film to not only all the women who struggle with a body image but to anyone whether male, female, young or old who is ever looked in the mirror and not liked what they saw.

My friend Robbie told me about the film and I watched the film. It was very good.The director had an interesting message to tell and he told it well. I am a film major and am hoping to make some good films soon. CHASING BEAUTY provides a rare glimpse into the intriguing and complex world of modeling. Behind the glossy covers of Vogue and Glamour lie the rarely talked about, uncensored stories of what models endure and sacrifice to become a top model. CHASING BEAUTY examines body image and the psychological effects of the beauty business on young women and men. The film examines what it takes to be a top model - the demanding and oftentimes unattainable physical requirements of the position, the financial and emotional investment, and the moral negotiations that are sometimes prerequisites for making it. The film follows supermodels, photographers, agents, designers, plastic surgeons, make-up artists and psychologists and asks the question...what is beauty and is it worth the cost?

It was amazing to me to see the lengths that some will go to in achieving beauty, career and fame. Chasing Beauty was very enlightening to a person that is not in the fashion industry. From the outside, from what we see on the magazine racks, beauty looks natural, that these models were born this way. Unknowing to me was what many of the models achieved naturally, versus unnaturally. From the touched up photoshop images, to permanent surgical alterations to the preying on of the successful and unsuccessful, Chasing Beauty opened my eyes to an industry that is not only a billion dollar institution, but an ingrained part of our society. This film started off on the positive side, showing what these models achieve and the glamour that comes with it. I was taken back by the model who came out from Kansas City to make it here in L.A. and really thought she would make it big. I appreciated the shift in the documentary to be balanced and show some of what these models go through to achieve fame, many times sacrificing to get into an industry that rarely views them as simply nothing more than a commodity for hire. Overall, it was wonderfully filmed and told the story of the good bad and the ugly of the high fashion modeling industry.

I recently watched "Chasing Beauty" at the Kansas City, Missouri screening and it was absolutely fantastic! Brent Huff did an outstanding job putting this film together and the results couldn't have been any more intriguing. The stories he weaved throughout the film took a rare, inside look at the modeling industry and I would highly recommend it to everyone. Brent asked all of the right questions and the models, agents and other participants in the film gave some very straightforward and honest answers to give the viewers a true picture of this glamorous, fast paced and sometimes heartbreaking business. I was truly amazed at the behind the scenes information revealed in this film. I've already watched it a second time!