Brief encounters follows acclaimed photographer gregory crewdsons decadelong quest to create a series of haunting, surreal, and stunningly. He granted unlimited access, from preproduction location scouting, right through to taking the pictures. Last night i was fortunate enough to catch brief encounters, the new documentary about gregory crewdson. Brief encounters, the director ben shapiro follows this photographer for four years as he works on a major series, beneath the roses. Ive always been interested in wanting to construct the world in photographs, he has said. Brief encounters a film by ben shapiro opens at film forum in new york on october 31, 2012 before playing around the country. Filmmaker ben shapiro reveals the meticulous creative process of gregory crewdson as the acclaimed photographer shoots beneath the roses, a magnum opus that took crewdson nearly a decade to. He is now a professor at the yale university school of art. Brief encounters beautifully bares the artists processand is as mesmerizing and riveting as the images themselves. Oct 31, 2012 this doc is a quiet view into gregory crewdson s 8year photography project, beneath the roses. This fall, newportfilm launched our first season long, inschool documentary film program with the east bay met school in newport. Creator and executive producer hernan diaz alonso producer marcelyn gow director. Brief encounters beautifully bares the artists process. Gregory crewdson was born in brooklyn, new york, on september his first experience of photography, at the age of ten, was a dian.
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His first experience of photography, at the age of ten, was a diane arbus retrospective at the museum of modern art in new york as a teenager, he was part of a punk rock group called the speedies that hit the new york scene in selling out shows all over town. Brief encounters dvd, 20 at the best online prices at ebay. In suburban settings or on elaborately detailed sets of american homes, interiors, and neighborhoods, gregory crewdson stages haunting, cinematic photos of alienation and eerie quietude. We picked a range of our best, most fitting docs to show the students throughout the trimester including gregory crewdson. Brief encounters, a 2012 documentary directed by ben shapiro, follows acclaimed photographer gregory crewdson s decadelong quest to create a series of haunting, surreal and stunningly elaborate portraits of smalltown american life a depiction of a disturbing and imperfect world. An acclaimed photographer with the eye of a filmmaker, gregory crewdson has created some of the. Jan 31, 20 last night i was fortunate enough to catch brief encounters, the new documentary about gregory crewdson. In his latest series of largeformat color photographs, cathedral of the pines, crewdson takes the viewer to the forests of becket, massachusettsthe locale of his earliest childhood memories and his home since 2011. Brief encounters follows the acclaimed photographers decadelong quest to create a series of haunting, surreal, and stunningly elaborate portraits of. Creator and executive producer hernan diaz alonso producer marcelyn gow director reza monahan director of. Gregory crewdson mixed by france gregory crewdson from the series beneath the roses 2006.
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Filmmaker ben shapiro reveals the meticulous creative process of gregory crewdson as the acclaimed photographer shoots beneath the roses, a magnum opus that took crewdson nearly a decade to complete. Filmed over a decade, this program follows internationally renowned photographer gregory crewdson s quest to create his unique, surreal, and incredibly elaborate portraits of suburban life. Creating photographic art exclusive interview with. Gregory crewdson discusses his new work, cathedral of the pines, on view at gagosian gallery january 28 march 5, 2016. Brief encounters follows the acclaimed photographers decadelong quest to create a series of haunting, surreal, and. Crewdson s fascinating photographs are elaborately. You can see a trailer and see upcoming screenings in other cities. Brief encounters 2012 starring gregory crewdson and rick moody on dvd and bluray. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. But in the excellent new documentary gregory crewdson.
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