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Peter Hujar's Day
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Why watch?
“It’s hard to express quite what a pleasure it is watching Peter Hujar’s Day, but it is a pleasure. Maybe it’s nice to know our artists a little more deeply, to be reminded how human they are. For me, it’s a little something else. There is something gently meditative in watching a conversation unfold, full of interest but lacking in the stress or tension of drama that so often drives great cinema. Especially this week, it’s nice to begin the year with a gentle nudge rather than a shove.”
Wendy Cook,
Head of Cinema
Hyde Park Pick: Peter Hujar's Day
In 1974, acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar describes the routines and rituals that define an artist's life to his friend, the writer Linda Rosenkrantz, capturing a single day's activities in touching and funny detail: from interactions with cultural icons of the day, including Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Susan Sontag, to the texture and energy of downtown New York in its heyday.
Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall star in the elegant and intimate new piece from filmmaker Ira Sachs (Passages) — a dazzling showcase for the two performers at its center — that is both a masterful portrait of a time & place and a captivating film about the way art emerges from the intimate details of everyday life.
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