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MIFFED MARZOTTO: Not everybody was pleased with Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary “Valentino: The Last Emperor,” screened at the Venice Film Festival last week. Matteo Marzotto, former chairman of the brand, voiced his displeasure at how he was portrayed as the bean-counting materialist in the movie. “The fact that [apparel manufacturer] Marzotto took control of the Valentino brand when it was deeply in the red was blatantly omitted from the film,” said Marzotto. “There is no mention of how we turned the company around and sold it [to Permira] so advantageously for everyone. I am just made to look as the heartless industrialist,” lamented Marzotto, adding that most of his remarks were starkly edited in post-production. At one point in the movie, Valentino’s longtime business partner, Giancarlo Giammetti, even states that “Matteo Marzotto doesn’t count,” referring to his power of reining in the couturier’s expenditures.
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