The September issue

We had seen “The Devil wears Prada” before, but last weekend we went to see the documentary about Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue and her infamous management style that inspired the big movie featuring Merryl Streep. This documentary that premiered at last year's Sundance Film Festival in Park City is a must-see not just because its director was given unprecedented access to Vogue's creative team as the 2007 issue of the magazine was being prepared, but also is a piece of modern anthropology that paints a perfect picture, if not caricature, of what high-pressure corporate life in America is all about. We discover the huge ego that propels the protagonists, the power of pulling the strings of a $600 billion industry, the power of being successful and the absolute addiction to these feelings.

The film also paints a searing portrait of some other corporate slaves, like her number two person Grace Coddington who is held hostage to her golden job. It shows why so many older folks never take retirement, not because they love their works – Wintour and all of her staff seem profoundly unhappy – but because they couldn't imagine their life without the pressure, the action and above all the sheer power their position procures; so that's why they have no other place to go but keep on running upon that dreary corporate treadmill. If you've witnessed that aspect of corporate life or want to catch a glimpse of it, go and see that superb documentary...