Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
A finely sketched portrait of the artist's unlikely pursuit of perfection.
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
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. His meticulously composed, large-scale images are stunning narratives of small-town American life—moviescapes crystallized into a single frame. While the photographs are staged with crews that rival many feature film productions, Crewdson takes inspiration as much from his own dreams and fantasies as the worlds of Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, Edward Hopper and Diane Arbus. Crewdson’s imagery has also infiltrated the pop culture landscape—including his inimitable Six Feet Under ads and Yo La Tengo album art. Shot over a decade with unprecedented access, Gregory
Crewdson: Brief Encounters beautifully bares the artist’s process—and it’s as mesmerizing and riveting as the images themselves.
Crewdson: Brief Encounters beautifully bares the artist’s process—and it’s as mesmerizing and riveting as the images themselves.
Genre
Documentary
Web Site
Runtime
77
Language
English
Director
Ben Shapiro
FEATURED REVIEW
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
“Can you look sad?” the photographer Gregory Crewdson asks a young mother as she gazes with delight on her gurgling newborn. For Mr. Crewdson, whose painstakingly constructed images seem to yearn for some impossible human connection, melancholy is as integral to his vision as a fog machine and the ...
Played at
Lumiere Music Hall 3.08.13 - 3.14.13
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