The “Bill” in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the Times Style section in his columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours.” Documenting uptown fixtures (Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Brooke Astor, David Rockefeller—who all appear in the film out of their love for Bill), downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunningham’s enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace.
Bill Cunningham New York is now airing in theatres. I am quite excited to see this. Go (here) to see where it’s playing.
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I saw this last week. It is the best combination of humor and humanity; perfect for a documentary about such a wonderful person! You should definitely go see it asap.
Apr 5th, 2011 / 1:02 pm
a lovely moment to start the day- thanks!
Apr 6th, 2011 / 10:02 am
I also saw this last week. It’s inspirational!
Apr 6th, 2011 / 7:18 pm