Hello, Interview Magazine!
We have been waiting for it for a long time – and it was worth it. Today, the first German issue of Andy Warhol’s legendary Interview magazine was released. Get more information after the jump.
The first thing you notice is: The magazine has a great haptic quality, which is quite important in the age of the internet: the paper feels nice, the format is unique and the design is great.
What I also like: there is a lot to read! And what you get to read goes beyond the shallow and stupid bullshit that you find in most other lifestyle magazines. In other words: In this magazine, you do not have the feeling that the content was entirely produced by PR agencies.
I particularly enjoyed the conversation between René Pollesch and Thomas Macho. Additionally, there are interviews featuring Clint Eastwood, Angelina Jolie, Chloë Sevigny, Scarlett Johansson und Kim Gordon. One of the highlight is definitely the story of the Interview magazine, which is told in no less than 40 pages.
When it comes to the pictures, the Interview magazine is not exactly overwhelming. Well, the cover story with Lana Del Rey is great, there is a amazing series by Markus Pritzi with psychedelic 70ies pictures, and the idea to include Gerard Malanga, one of Andy Warhol’s former assistants, was also quite smart. Nevertheless, I do miss something that makes this magazine truly unique and extraordinary. Anyhow, check out this wonderful “Making of” video from the photo shooting with Lana Del Rey:
The last time Germans tried to adjust an international lifestyle magazine, it was a great failure: the German Vanity Fair died after just two years. Interview is different though. You can already see that in this first issue. After all, this is a terrific start, and I am looking forward to the next issues.
by Jens
on January 27th, 2012
in Misc.
4 Comments »
January 30th, 2012 at 15:13h
Ok, nun bin ich mir ganz sicher im Kiosk das falsche Magazin gekauft zu haben. Sicher, vorn war Lana del Rey drauf und drinnen gabs die von dir beschriebenen Artikel. Aber das Papier hat nicht mal ansatzweise was mit Qualität zu tun, die ‘Unterhaltungen’ tümpeln vor sich hin und der Lobgesang auf Warhol zeigt nur wie weit die deutsche Interview vom ursprünglichen Konzept entfernt ist. Vielleicht hat die Druckerei einfach was vertauscht…
January 30th, 2012 at 19:24h
Kann ich zum Glück nicht bestätigen, bei mir war das drin, was ich zuvor erwartet habe. Ein deutsch-russischer Ableger des legendären Warholschen Magazin´s und mir hat sie durchaus Freude bereitet. Interessanter Mix aus Boulevard-Jounalismus und intellektueller Bohème…
January 31st, 2012 at 00:01h
also für die erste ausgabe fand ich das heft ganz gut. wird sich in zukunft hoffentlich noch ein bisschen in die richtige richtung bewegen – aber schon mal schön, dass es ‘interview’ jetzt auch in deutsch gibt.
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