William Eggleston unguarded in Michael Almereyda’s intimate portrait

In 1976, William Eggleston’s hallucinatory, Faulknerian images were featured in the Museum of Modern Art’s first one-man exhibition of color photographs. It is rare for an artist of such stature to allow himself to be shown as unguarded as Eggleston does in Michael Almereyda’s intimate portrait. The filmmaker tracks the photographer on trips to Kentucky, LA and NY, but gives particular attention to downtime in Memphis, Eggleston’s home base. The film shows a deep connection between Eggleston’s enigmatic personality and his groundbreaking work.

William Eggleston in the Real World

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William Eggleston in the Real World

Release Year: 2006

Duration: 84 min

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In 1976, William Eggleston’s hallucinatory, Faulknerian images were featured in the Museum of Modern Art’s first one-man exhibition of color photographs. It is rare for an artist of such stature to allow himself to be shown as unguarded as Eggleston does in Michael Almereyda’s intimate portrait. The filmmaker tracks the photographer on trips to Kentucky, LA and NY, but gives particular attention to downtime in Memphis, Eggleston’s home base. The film shows a deep connection between Eggleston’s enigmatic personality and his groundbreaking work.

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this is crap i hate america how are u going to make a video that only be viewed in two places

Posted 06/08/09 by bill rugen

not too sound harsh, but if you don’t like the commercials then buy the video. hulu can show things with less commercials because they are backed by NBC, i would assume snag film does not have that luxury. art does not come for free though the web seems to have given folks the idea that it does.

Posted 06/05/09 by rtfm

hmmm, works for me, but it does say US and Canada only so ....

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