Screened as part of NZIFF 2010

Bill Cunningham New York 2010

Directed by Richard Press

Charming portrait of NY Times fashion photo-columnist who identifies trends on the street and at high society parties. “We all get dressed for Bill.” — Anna Wintour. “A great documentary for a deserving fashion legend.” — Esquire

USA In English
84 minutes DigiBeta

Director

Producer

Philip Gefter

Photography

Tony Cenicola
,
Richard Press

Editors

Ryan Denmark
,
Barry Alexander Brown

With

Bill Cunningham
,
Editta Sherman
,
Patrick McDonald
,
Howard Koda
,
John Kurdewan
,
Carmen Dell’Orefice
,
Annette de la Renta
,
Anna Wintour
,
Annie Flanders
,
Lesley Vinson
,
Tom Wolfe
,
Anna Piaggi
,
Michael Kors

Festivals

New Directors/New Films, San Francisco 2010

Elsewhere

Photographer Bill Cunningham, well into his ninth decade, has two weekly columns in the ‘Style’ section of the New York Times: ‘On the Street’, where he identifies fashion trends as he spots them emerging on the street; and ‘Evening Hours’, his coverage of high society charity benefits. His work constitutes a long-running chronicle more reliable than any catwalk of fashion as expression of time, place and individual flair. This documentary introduces us to a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own lovely, graceful generosity. — BG

“The movie charms by bringing you into the private world of a man who would clearly prefer you direct your attention at the glorious, gaudy beauty embodied by the passing human parade that he immortalizes – and insistently democratizes – with lightning-fast moves and palpable joy. Despite his proximity to fashion’s power elite (hello Anna Wintour!), Mr Cunningham retains a remarkable innocence. Fashion is his muse, not the manufactured glamour and celebrity fetishism that often pollutes it.” — Manohla Dargis, NY Times