The film series followed the construction and the behindthescenes explanation from crewdson himself of his thought process and vision for his pieces of his collection beneath the roses. A brilliant documentary about one of americas greatest living photographers. May 21st, 20 not yet rated 1 hr 17 min plot summary. Gregory crewdson describes his whole process more than once in gregory crewdson. This is the true story of oscar, a 22yearold bay area resident who wakes up on the morning of december 31, 2008 and feels something in. Photographer gregory crewdson creates elaborately staged, largescale pictures capturing moments of. A film that at first seems like a simple portrait of an artist, but actually touches on deep and complex issues facing suburban america today through provocative. While there are some talking heads, notably writers rick moody and russell banks, who writes about the postindustrial. I have finally gotten a chance to see it and wanted to make sure as many of you as possible did, too.
The 90 minute film from arts documentarian ben schapiro, released to enormous acclaim in the states last year. When i proposed making the film, gregory was completely supportive, as he remained throughout the production. Its unusual for a fine art photographer to have a full film crew. Brief encounters will show, this is indeed, all for one picture. Filmed over a decade, brief encounters follows internationally renowned photographer gregory crewdsons quest to create his unique, surreal, and incredibly elaborate portraits of suburban life. Brief encounters, filmmaker ben shapiro gives us flyonthewall access over a 10. He sets a house on fire, builds 90 foot sets with crews of sixty, shuts down city streets. Creating photographic art exclusive interview with gregory crewdson. In 2012, he was the subject of the feature documentary film gregory crewdson. Brief encounters was mostly filmed while crewdson was creating his epic series of photographs, beneath the roses. Fineart photographer takes his cues from movies movie. Gregory crewdson is a director and writer, known for reflective light, films 4 peace. For those of you not familiar with photographer gregory crewdsons work, he meticulously creates his photographs on an epic scale.
Brief encounters beautifully bares the artist s process and it s as mesmerizing and riveting as the images themselves. Credited with conceiving a new, expansive photographic language, crewdson explores human. Brief encounters twilight touching down on a nearempty american townscape is the consistent theme of gregory crewdsons hyperreal photography. Brief encounters, filmmaker ben shapiro gives us flyonthewall access over a 10year period to an acclaimed artist as he envisions, designs and executes his surreal commentary on smalltown american life in the form of an epic photo installation, beneath the roses. Brief encounters, director ben shapiro immerses himself in gregory crewdsons creative process during the shooting of the photographers beneath the roses series, which spanned from 2002 to 2008. An acclaimed photographer with the eye of a filmmaker, gregory crewdson has created some of the most gorgeously haunting pictures in the history of the medium. Gregory crewdsons riveting photographs are elaborately staged, elegant narratives compressed into a. A closeup portrait of the acclaimed photographer, filmed with unprecedented access over a decade as he creates his stunning images. With costanza theodoli braschi, gregory crewdson, samantha ressler, richard sands.
Brief encounters is available worldwide for screening in theaters, museums, galleries, and for sale to colleges and schools. Brief encounters and many more full length movies from the best streaming services online. Brief encounters follows the acclaimed photographers decadelong quest to create a series of haunting, surreal, and. It premiered march 10, 2012 at the south by southwest. Brief encounters synopsis photographer gregory crewdson spends nearly a decade creating a portrait of smalltown america. A fascinating profile of gregory crewdson, whose riveting photographs are elaborately staged, elegant narratives compressed into a single, largescale image, set in small towns or meticulously recreated interior spaces, built on the kind of sound stages associated with bigbudget movies. Filmmaker ben shapiro reveals the meticulous creative process of gregory crewdson as the.
Brief encounters, a documentary directed, filmed, and produced by ben shapiro, chronicles the artists career, focusing on an extended body of work called beneath the. Brief encounters opens friday, living room theaters. Gregory crewdson i posted about filmmaker ben shapiros documentary, brief encounters, when it was first released. Brief encounters, ben shapiros engaging, astute documentary about the photographer. Aug 04, 2017 gregory crewdson talks about his work cathedral of the pines currently on display at the photographers gallery until 8 october 2017. Gregory crewdsons riveting photographs are elaborately staged, elegant narratives. Fascinated by lights transformative power that can turn a banal scene into something sublime, crewdson doesnt just take his pictures, he creates them, through elaborate. Brief encounters outside the usa visit the films website. Brief encounters trailer from benjamin shapiro on vimeo despite his obviously epic micromanagement, crewdson is an affable sort, directing his subjects often unemployed locals. Photographer gregory crewdson spends nearly a decade creating a portrait of smalltown america. With costanza theodoli braschi, gregory crewdson, samantha ressler, richard. This is the true story of oscar, a 22yearold bay area resident who wakes up on the morning of december 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Many of you may be familiar with his work, and may have even read our previous article on.
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