WILLIAM EGGLESTON IN THE REAL WORLD
A film by Michael Almereyda
2005, 87 minutes
2005, 87 minutes
No. 203
Documentary
Documentary
Description
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 this 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
Directed by Michael Almereyda (Escapes, Marjorie Prime, Experimenter), and released in a new edition, William Eggleston in the Real World examines the deep connection between the photographer's enigmatic personality and his groundbreaking work.
It is rare for an artist of such stature to allow himself to be shown as unguarded as Eggleston does in this 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
Directed by Michael Almereyda (Escapes, Marjorie Prime, Experimenter), and released in a new edition, William Eggleston in the Real World examines the deep connection between the photographer's enigmatic personality and his groundbreaking work.
DVD Supplements
– William Eggleston with William Christenberry and Walter Hopps (2004, 24 minutes)
– BBC Interview with William Eggleston (2005, 2 minutes)
– William Eggleston with Stephen Shore and Glenn O'Brien (2005, 7 minutes)
– Mark Holborn on William Eggleston's The Democratic Forest (2016, 19 minutes)
Reviews
“Remarkable. An uncannily revealing portrait of a major American artist at work.”
– Scott Foundas, LA Weekly
“Fascinating. Speaks for itself, in roughly the same mysterious way an Eggleston photograph does: it casts more light than you expect, and deeper shadows.”
– Terrence Rafferty, The New York Times
“A subtle, elegant documentary.”
– Ed Halter, The Village Voice
"Brilliant! A remarkably intimate but also discreet portrait.”
– Amy Taubin, Artforum
“Remarkable. An uncannily revealing portrait of a major American artist at work.”
– Scott Foundas, LA Weekly
