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After creating a worldwide makeup brand, overseeing editorials for magazines, and publishing a photograph book on his private island off the coast of Bora-Bora, François Nars is taking to the silver screen for his latest project.  As Nars Cosmetics, now owned by Shiseido, gears as much as have fun its thirtieth anniversary, the French-born makeup artist, photographer and inventive director of the brand has made a documentary about his life, work and most of all his inspiration, particularly in cinema, called “Unknown Beauty: François Nars.” Nevertheless it won't be what you expect as he’s replaced the same old talking heads structure with footage of screen sirens similar to Catherine Deneuve and Marlene Dietrich, comprising 85 percent of the documentary.  “I actually desired to...