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Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2008)

Bette Midler , Kirsten Dunst , Barbara Leibovitz  |  NR |  DVD
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Bette Midler, Kirsten Dunst, Whoopi Goldberg, Mick Jagger, Keira Knightley
  • Directors: Barbara Leibovitz
  • Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: October 28, 2008
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001C71IEM
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,629 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Special Features

  • Over an hour of never-before-seen interviews organized in five thematic exhibition galleries

Editorial Reviews

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In her portraits for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair, Annie Leibovitz has photographed a generation (and more) of rock stars, politicians, and supermodels. Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens, a documentary created by Leibovitz's sister Barbara, suggests that she might be somewhat overqualified for the job. Not that Leibovitz reflects too much on the business of photographing movie stars for a living. Her nomadic life suits her just fine, and might have come from a childhood spent as an Army brat, moving around the world every few years. Home movies give some of the flavor of Leibovitz's youth, and her arrival in San Francisco just as the Sixties counterculture (and Rolling Stone magazine) were getting underway is covered with old footage and new interviews with colleagues, including publisher Jann Wenner. It was a wild time (Wenner speaks of sending Leibovitz on tour with the Rolling Stones as though he were responsible for selling her into slavery), and it took its toll; the movie doesn't go into great detail, but a substance abuse problem and subsequent rehab is acknowledged and quickly forgotten. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards remember her warmly, in any case. Leibovitz's personal life is in the shadows, except for her relationship with writer Susan Sontag. The rest is a series of testimonials from admiring subjects (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Whoopi Goldberg) and some on-location stuff for Vanity Fair, including a shoot with George Clooney and Julia Roberts. Her working methods show someone with very specific ideas about what she wants, and a disarmingly blunt way of getting them. Perhaps the most memorable section of this American Masters program is the account of Leibovitz's photographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, including a celebrated Rolling Stone cover of a naked Lennon embracing his wife, taken a few hours before Lennon's murder. That kind of work proves that in Leibovitz's world of portraiture, intimacy is everything. --Robert Horton

Product Description

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens traces the arc of Annie's photographic life, her aspirations to artistry and the trajectory of her career. The film depicts the various phases that shaped her life including childhood, the tumultuous sixties, her transition from Rolling Stone to Vanity Fair magazine and later her most significant personal relationships including motherhood. The documentary's highlights center on interviews with her most famous subjects, mentors and colleagues, along with personal insight from Leibovitz herself, to reveal the evolution of inarguably one of today's most influential visual artists.

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This DVD is a very well done portrait of Annie Leibovitz and her life in photography. James R. Holland  |  7 reviewers made a similar statement
This film would be excellent for any class or personal use. C. J. Thompson  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Ode to an artist December 1, 2008
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Annie Leibovitz's sister has created a memorable documentary honoring the life's work of her older sister. We learn about Ms. Leibovitz's early beginings in photography when she started her career at the "Rolling Stones" magazine. Her evolution from rock and roll photographer to a photographer of portraits and later on fashion (when she moved to "Vanity Fair" magazine). Documentary is also an honest look and her personal life: her relationship with Susan Sontag, her parents and siblings, her three daughters. For anyone interested in photography as a visual form of art this movie is a real treasure.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic insight into Leibovitz's work and process December 26, 2008
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As a photographer and fan of Annie Leibovitz I was excited to find this documentary. It was just as I'd hoped. It included most of her most popular and famous images, and gave insight into her process and the road she has taken in her career. It's an interesting companion to her latest book. I watched the documentary, then received her book and felt almost like in the book she gets a little bit of revenge for the candid discussions given by her colleagues and subjects in this documentary!

It's well edited and a great treat for any Leibovitz fan.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Behind the Lens Insight November 16, 2008
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I found this a thoughtful documentary into the evolution of a photographer best known in the realm of pop culture.

It touches upon the journey that evolved around Annie and how she came to shape the road of her own destiny.

Very much worth a viewing.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging Documentary with a Mixed Message
This engagingly produced documentary concentrates on the various phases of photographer Annie Leibowitz's career, from her beginnings in the San Francisco protest movement in the... Read more
Published 22 days ago by Dr. Laurence Raw
5.0 out of 5 stars Great video
This was a gift for my fiance who is an Annie Leibovitz fan. I thought it was a great documentary perspective on a talented artistic photographer. A definite recommend from me!
Published 5 months ago by Jenn Lee
5.0 out of 5 stars A truly unique individual
This movie told me so much about Annie Leibovitz that I did not know and reminded me of so many of the images that she captured that changed our lives. Read more
Published 7 months ago by jon brewer
5.0 out of 5 stars All about Annie
I rented this DVD and as soon as I watched it I knew I had to have it. Annie Leibovitz is such a versital photographer. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Patricia Mccarty
5.0 out of 5 stars I was mistaken
I forgot ro check the area of the DVD, and when it arrived, I couldn't watch it, because I am in zone 3 and the DVD is from zone 1. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Vanessa Kohler
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
It seems like we all know Annie Leibovitz, we've seen her photographs everywhere, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue, seemingly everywhere. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Daniel G. Lebryk
5.0 out of 5 stars My guru
Just in love with her works....especialy with this video i more adore her.....great stuff, mkes me feel close to her..... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Taufik.N
5.0 out of 5 stars inspiring
This is a fascinating look at one of the great photographers of our times, from her time at the Rolling Stone,through her exploration of fashion photography and everything in... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Catre
5.0 out of 5 stars Can't stop watching it
If there is one photographer DVD to get, this one has to be it!! I've always admired Annie's work, and this DVD really shows what goes on behind the scenes of some of her best... Read more
Published on April 25, 2011 by MattyP
4.0 out of 5 stars Greatest photographer of this time
Annie Liebovitz would have to be one of the greatest photographers of this time.
What she brings to portrait photography is very unique. Read more
Published on September 5, 2010 by Anniegirl
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