Bill Cunningham New York


Bill Cunningham New York

Bill Cunningham New York

Cast: Bill Cunningham, Anna Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Michael Kors
Director: Richard Press
Genre: Fashion, Documentary
Rated: PG
Running Time: 84 minutes

Synopsis: "We all get dressed for Bill," says Vogue editrix Anna Wintour.
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.

Winner Audience Award 2010 Sydney Film Festival
Winner Audience Award 2010 Melbourne International Film Festival
Winner Audience Award 2010 Canberra Film Festival

Release Date: November 3, 2011

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