Bill Cunningham New York (2010)
A cinematic profile of the noted veteran New York City fashion photographer. 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.
Primary Title
- Bill Cunningham New York
Date Broadcast
- Friday 6 July 2012
Release Year
- 2010
Start Time
- 19 : 00
Finish Time
- 20 : 21
Duration
- 81:00
Channel
- Rialto Channel
Broadcaster
- Sky Network Television
Programme Description
- A cinematic profile of the noted veteran New York City fashion photographer. 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.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Cunningham, William J
- Biographical films
- Documentary films
- Photographers--New York (State)--New York--Biography
- Fashion photography--New York (State)--New York
Genres
- Biography
- Documentary
Contributors
- Richard Press (Director)
- Bill Cunningham (Subject)
- Anna Wintour (Interviewee)
- Michael Kors (Interviewee)
- Iris Apfel (Interviewee)
- Philip Gefter (Producer)
- First Thought Films (Production Unit)
- 99218248614002091 (MMSID)
Subjects
- Cunningham, William J
- Biographical films
- Documentary films
- Photographers--New York (State)--New York--Biography
- Fashion photography--New York (State)--New York