documentary
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We Were Here
An emotional and moving account about all the wonderful men and women that died from AIDS in San Francisco. That devastating era is traced through the testimony of 5 people from all walks of life who elegantly articulated their memories on how they watched countless friends and lovers die. The disease infected roughly half of…
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Public Speaking : a profile of Fran Liebowitz
Martin Scorcese’s profile on Fran Lebowitz is no ordinary documentary. After 90 minutes of essentially listening to this quick-witted brilliant observationist with her razor sharp tongue spend forth on some of her favorite bugbears, we actually learn very little about the woman behind all these rapidly fired opinions. By filming her in conversation in…
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L’Amour Fou
The best part of this disappointing mish-mash of a film is the opening sequence which is footage of Yves St Laurent announcing to the world that he is about to retire. In a highly dramatic speech that he stumbles through in which, amongst other things, he confesses to the demons (drink and drugs) he has…
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Absolute Wilson
As part of my continuing process of brushing up on American Cultural Icons I viewed Katherina Otto-Bernstein’s 2006 documentary on ROBERT WILSON, who is arguably the pre-eminent avant-garde theater director/artist in the world. I shouldn’t have been quite so ignorant of Mr. Wilson as although he is American, most of his work has been in Europe where there is…
