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William Eggleston In the Real World
 
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William Eggleston In the Real World (2005)

Starring: William J. Eggleston, Michael Almereyda Director: Michael Almereyda Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: DVD
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  • Actors: William J. Eggleston, Michael Almereyda, Winston Eggleston, Leigh Haizlip
  • Directors: Michael Almereyda
  • Writers: Michael Almereyda
  • Producers: Michael Almereyda, Alexis Zoullas, Anthony Katagas, Donald Rosenfeld, Heather Parks
  • Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
  • Language: English (Unknown)
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rating: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Palm Pictures / Umvd
  • DVD Release Date: February 14, 2006
  • Run Time: 87 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000CGX7GG
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48,739 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
  • For more information about "William Eggleston In the Real World" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Special Features

  • Gallery of unpublished photos
  • Exclusive interviews with William Eggleston, William Christenberry and Walter Hopps
  • William Eggleston speaking with Stephen Shore and Glenn O’Brien at the Tokion Creativity Now Festival in October, 2005
  • Original music compositions written and performed by William Eggleston
  • US theatrical trailer
  • Bonus previews

Editorial Reviews

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"Brilliant! A remarkably intimate but also discreet portrait."


Product Description

In 1976, William Eggleston’s hallucinatory, Faulknerian images were featured in the Museum of Modern Art’s first one-man exhibition of color photographs. It is rare for an artist of such stature to allow himself to be shown as unguarded as Eggleston does in Michael Almereyda’s intimate portrait. The filmmaker tracks the photographer on trips to Kentucky, LA and NY, but gives particular attention to downtime in Memphis, Eggleston’s home base. The film shows a deep connection between Eggleston’s enigmatic personality and his groundbreaking work.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Eccentric Pleasures, August 27, 2006
I am very biased in favor of anything that would bring the extraordinary work of Mr. Eggleston to a wider audience - still please trust me when I say that this film is a remarkable acheivement and a riveting experience and would be even if I knew nothing of Mr. Eggleston's art.

Mr. Almereyda has tricked the ultimate trickster into revealing more of himself than one might have thought possible. Not since Duchamp has anyone delivered the artistic goods with correspondingly well targeted mockery of the 'received wisdoms' of art and photography as Mr. Eggleston. He is a master of misdirection and inscrutible yet unfailingly potent verbal and visual renderings.

So when I heard that someone had set out to produce a documentary on the subject it was a little like hearing that I should step outside if I wanted to watch a neighbor catch a greased pig. I wasn't expecting we would be enjoying pork chops for dinner but I knew there would be quite a show. Mr. Almereyda's film delivers the show and the bacon.

First, the show - Mr. Eggleston's eccentric and loving world of family and friends are photogenic and interesting. They are presented as they are without much fuss and caught in media res. We begin the film by simply ambling along with Mr. Eggleston and his son Winston as they trip over pictures that suggest and offer themselves to Mr. Eggleston, falling as it were into the campfire of his vision like so many moths from the real world looking for that something more. By following this work in the field we get to see and know the craftsman in his primary state -- someone who is out in the world looking and searching still. This allows us more ease as we move into other aspects of his family life and career. This early field work set up helps especially when we're presented with his dialogues which Mr. Eggleston intends (as with the statements of Jasper Johns, Duchamp or some Zen master) to enlighten through confusion and the confounding of the irrational nature of "the real world".

Second, the bacon -- where Mr. Almereyda's work acheives its greatest insight is in revealing Mr. Eggleston's complex yet fundamentally loving nature. A man who despite a well groomed and tended reputation as an enfant terrible is tender to and with all those we see encountered from the very close -- his wife, son, and close friends to the most casual encounters. Witness his thoughtful reassurance to the shopkeeper who offers to move the pinata he wants to photograph -- in reassuring tones he congratulates her on how she's positioned the thing -- he says she's got it just right.

Ultimately, I think that is the bacon -- Mr. Egglston is revealed as a great lover of the world and all that's in it -- even with all the suffering and strife and odd-ball visual awkwardness he sees and presents to us a world that whether we recognize it or not "is just right".
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars I wanted to like it, but alas..., June 17, 2007
I bought this to show my class and found it both a little boring and sad. Yes, Eggleston is a national treasure but he also is a train wreck.
The documentary is not very revealing and what it reveals really isn't that interesting. I got through this once but haven't watched it again.
I like looking at his work but really didn't learn anything from this.
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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not great, but not that bad, March 16, 2006
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Given the source material I would have edited this project much differently. There are a lot of shots where Eggleston is just sitting there doing nothing but thinking, or walking around the streets not really photographing. The viewer gleens surprisingly little into Eggleston's photographic techniques or motivations. We do gleen a bit into his psyche and demons (substance abuse) through interviews with Eggleston and his friends, and narration by the filmmaker.

As a professional photographer, I learned something about what makes Eggleston tick, but probably only as much as he wanted me to learn, certainly more so than I would have without watching this DVD.

So, this DVD is not completely worthless but it reallly could have been a lot better. You do get to see many of William Eggleston's photos not just in the main show but also a few (not an abundance though) in the extras on the DVD.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Needed better technique and editing
This documentary isn't terrible if you're looking to learn a little more about the man behind some of the most famous color photographs in the medium's history. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Culprit

4.0 out of 5 stars Happy to have not been born in the Middle Ages before there were the photographs of William Eggleston
This was a film that grew on me, as it started out very boring and became more interesting as time went on. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Alan Teder

4.0 out of 5 stars illuminating
I first saw a pre-release, rough draft version of the film at the Harvard Film Archives in 2004. I thought it was an illuminating and intimate view into the life of an important... Read more
Published on May 12, 2006 by S. Jacobs

5.0 out of 5 stars An Artist Sees An Artist
Noted independent American film-maker Michael Almeryda spent several years coming in and out of noted independent American photographer William Eggleston's life, in his house, in... Read more
Published on April 21, 2006 by C. Chubb

5.0 out of 5 stars the South
I would guess that the reviewers who gave this DVD bad reviews are not from the South or anywhere near it. Read more
Published on April 12, 2006 by Will Jennings

2.0 out of 5 stars Halfhearted Production
Poor audio quality and video technique. A production better suited for public access television rather than DVD. Many scenes could have been deleted or shortened. Read more
Published on March 23, 2006 by Michael L. Woolsey

1.0 out of 5 stars Junk
Another one of a boatload of ludicrous bio-docs that are long on surface, short on substance. Almereyda actually has the AUDACITY to LECTURE the viewer (in tiresome... Read more
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