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American Masters: Richard Avedon Darkness And Light (1996)
Released By: Wellspring Media Inc.   Rating: Not Rated   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Wellspring Media Inc.
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Director: Helen Whitney
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: 4/2/2002
Cast: Richard Avedon
Published ID: 156286
UPC: 720917306124,
Plot: He is one of the most influential and innovative photographers in the fashion industry and one of the first to elevate his craft into a true art, dominated more by the artist's vision than the subject itself. This documentary tells his story. With an eclectic blend of biographical information, his work, and his commentary upon it, the film tells his story in a non-linear way. Highlights include his description of how he got a teen-age Natassja Kinski to pose naked with a large python crawling across her body and his memory of the night Marilyn Monroe came to his place and danced for hours while he photographed. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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NOT worth "SCALPER" prices
Added 8/23/2009

This is a good enough program - but unlike most dvd's which sell for $10 - $15, some sellers are "asking" FAR more (way above list price) & one of them seems to have PLENTY of "NEW" INVENTORY - how is that? * * * BEWARE * * * they have been regularly reducing their prices (apx -$30.00 in the last few months). Why pay still way over-inflated "scalper" prices - hold-out for further reductions - to a more reasonable $15 - $20. Or better yet, wait a little bit for a remastered re-release.
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a wonderful document about a wonderful man
Added 7/8/2009

Richard Avedon is a master of light. He was a wonderful Photographer and this film give an insight of his motifs. It is amazing how you get to learn so much about this person and from him.

Wim van Oest FBIPP, Netherlands

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Love it
Added 3/21/2009

If you are a lover of photography, this is a must have. Avedon is pure brilliance.
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Avedon - DVD.
Added 2/12/2009



There is no way anyone who loves "light" and phtography can''t take the time to view and study this Icon's approach to subject, light, and composition.

A master of imaging, never reducing his subjects to just people per se. Fashion without the "sexuality". All his work is starkly subtle and beautiful.

Raymond Barron

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Unavailable -- how ironic.
Added 11/30/2007

If there were ever evidence that American commerce has lost its soul, one need only wonder why this film/DVD is nearly impossible to find. Ironically, Richard Avedon was in search of the expression behind the expression: the self exposed as much as it can be--the person being private in public. Maybe it's just too frightening to consider an artist and art such as this one in an age oversaturated with images and bereft of substance. Luckily my neighborhood library has a copy.
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