The film, which has been quietly picking up awards at film festivals around the country, will have a twoweek run at film forum. Last night i was fortunate enough to catch brief encounters, the new documentary about gregory crewdson. The documentary, brief encounters, reveals how he does it. An acclaimed photographer with the eye of a filmmaker, gregory crewdson has created some of the most. 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. A closeup portrait of the acclaimed photographer, filmed with unprecedented access over a decade as he creates his stunning images. This is the first screening of what we hope to be many more to come. While there are some talking heads, notably writers rick moody and russell banks, who writes about the postindustrial smalltown america that crewdson favors for. Brief encounters trailer 2012 photography documentary movie hd. Brief encounters, ben shapiros engaging, astute documentary about the photographer. A documentary shot over a decade with unprecedented access to. Brief encounters ten years in the making, ben shapiros docu on celebrated photog gregory crewdson concentrates on his magnum opus, the collection of huge prints known as. Brief encounters a film by ben shapiro opens at film forum in new york on october 31, 2012 before playing around the country. Shot over a decade with unprecedented access, gregory crewdson.
Brief encounters, the director ben shapiro follows this photographer for four years as he works on a major series, beneath the roses. Crewdson s fascinating photographs are elaborately. Gregory crewdson laid bare in new film expunk rocker turned photographers obsessive and impeccable attention to detail on show in new documentary. Brief encounters is a documentary film directed, produced. See more ideas about gregory crewdson, brief encounter and gregory crewdson photography. Untitled brief encounter by gregory crewdson from the beneath the roses series 2005. Brief encounters long metrage avec original streaming en anglais, a ete produit en etatsunis et est apparu dans les cinemas francais en 2012.
Gregory crewdson brief encounters a film by ben shapiro. Oscars best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comic con new york comic con sundance toronto intl film festival awards central festival central. The film follows the staging and execution of his vivid and detailed photographs, which often focus on. Brief encounters is available worldwide for screening in theaters, museums, galleries, and for sale to colleges and schools. Whats the story acclaimed photographer gregory crewdson s 10year quest to create a series of haunting, surreal, and stunningly elaborate portraits of smalltown american life filmed with unprecedented access as he makes perfect renderings of a disturbing, imperfect world. 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. Brief encounters is a film for photography fans and a photo essay for film fans. Brief encounters beautifully bares the artist s process and it s as mesmerizing and riveting as the images themselves. 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. Brief encounters explores gregory crewdson s quest to pull real moments from fake photos. It premiered march 10, 2012 at the south by southwest film festival and is.
The 90 minute film from arts documentarian ben schapiro, released to enormous acclaim in. 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. Photographer gregory crewdson s 10year quest to create a series of haunting, surreal, and stunningly elaborate portraits of smalltown american life film. Please see the archives below for a history of the acp film series.
Brief encounters we welcome you to join the vermont center for photography as we kick off our photographic film series featuring groundbreaking documentaries about all things photography. With costanza theodoli braschi, gregory crewdson, samantha ressler, richard sands. Review of brief encounters, gregory crewdson documentary. Gregory crewdson s riveting photographs are elaborately staged, elegant narratives compressed into a single, albeit largescale image, many of them taken at twilight, set in small towns of western. It also won the best documentary award at the savannah film festival. 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. It premiered march 10, 2012 at the south by southwest film festival and is distributed by zeitgeist films. I directed and shot brief encounters, basically as a onemanband over about a decade on crewdson s sets. An acclaimed photographer with the eye of a filmmaker. While the photographs are staged with crews that rival many feature film productions, crewdson takes. Brief encounters trailer from benjamin shapiro on vimeo despite his obviously epic micromanagement, crewdson is an affable sort, directing his subjects often unemployed locals. You could make up a complex story of your own with each presentation,as. It premiered march 10, 2012 at the south by southwest film festival and is distributed by.
Gregory crewdsons riveting photographs are elaborately staged, elegant narratives compressed into a single, albeit largescale image. Download free brief encounters from einstein to elvis. Filmmaker ben shapiro reveals the meticulous creative process of gregory crewdson as the acclaimed photographer shoots. I had to watch this movie for an art appreciation class i am taking. Art as acts of subversion and immersion the sheik and i, trash dance, and gregory crewdson. Brief encounters, opens tomorrow at film forum through zeitgeist films. Filmed over a period of ten years, with unprecedented access, director ben shapiros forthcoming feature gregory crewdson. Acps film series explores the close connection between photography and film. Photographer gregory crewdson is renowned for his elaboratelystaged photographs, huge in scope, size, and ambition. A decades fretting and futzing and the few ecstatic moments rendered along the way are compressed into 77 minutes in gregory crewdson.
Brief encounters explores gregory crewdsons quest to. Brief encounters, director ben shapiro immerses himself in gregory crewdson s creative process during the shooting of the photographers beneath the roses series, which spanned from 2002 to 2008. The following interview was originally published on the eve of its sxsw film festival premiere. The film mostly centers on crewdsons series of 50 photographs, taken over an 8 year. Brief encounters, a documentary directed, filmed, and produced by ben shapiro, chronicles the artists career, focusing on an extended body of work called beneath. Sxsw 2012 film art as acts of subversion and immersion. But ben shapiros 2012 documentary profiling the contemporary artist, now. 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. Brief encounter parody victoria wood sketch parodying the film brief encounter. Brief encounters premiered at south by southwest, and opened at film forum in new york on october 31, 2012, and on november 16 2012 at the film society.
In 2012, he was the subject of the feature documentary film gregory crewdson. Gregory crewdson describes his whole process more than once in gregory crewdson. Gregory crewdson laid bare in new film photography. His meticulously composed, largescale images are stunning narratives of smalltown. Filmmaker ben shapiro has documented crewdson s decadespanning pursuit of creating truetolife vignettes by fictitious articulation in brief encounters screenings are limited, but the doc looks to be a mustsee. Brief encounters explores the artistic processes behind the maverick photographers gothic fairytales of small town american life. Brief encounters follows the acclaimed photographers decadelong quest to create a series of haunting, surreal, and stunningly elaborate portraits of smalltown american life. Brief encounters will show, this is indeed, all for one picture. Brief encounters beautifully bares the artists processand its as mesmerizing and riveting as the images themselves.