Bill Cunningham New York

Name: Bill Cunningham New York
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: March 16, 2011
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Anna Wintour, Bill Cunningham

2011

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Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: March 16, 2011

Starring: Anna Wintour, Bill Cunningham

Summary: “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“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. (Zeitgeist Films)… Expand

Director: Richard Press

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Runtime: 84 min

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Roger Ebert

May 19, 2011

Here is a good and joyous man who leads a life that is perfect for him, and how many people do we meet like that? This movie made me happy every moment I was watching it. Read full review

Carina Chocano

Mar 17, 2011

If the film suggests that there's something bittersweet about a life dedicated to a single pursuit cultivated with an almost religious fervor, it also stands in awe of its subject's seemingly inexhaustible, self-abnegating capacity to remain attuned to the expression of others. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Pam Grady

Mar 14, 2011

The documentary will resonate with New York Times' readers and fans of personal stories. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Mar 16, 2012

He lived until recently in bohemian chaos in one of the "artist apartments" in Carnegie Hall, and cares nothing for money or vanity. That's real class. Read full review

Wesley Morris

Apr 7, 2011

It's as much a portrait of a kind of artist as it is a document of a city's evolving sense of style. Read full review

Rene Rodriguez

Apr 21, 2011

Shows us a man who not only derives great pleasure from devoting himself to his job but also, in the process, has helped shaped the greatest city in the world. Read full review

David Fear

Mar 15, 2011

Anyone curious about the man behind the lens may find this doc, like its subject, frustratingly opaque and out of reach. Those interested in witnessing a true NYC eccentric document everyday-people city life one outfit at a time, however, will feel like this has been tailor-made. Read full review

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joomjim4

Jun 18, 2012

Personally, The world needs more people like Bill Cunningham.This man portrays how to be truly carelessly satisfied with the pleasure of happiness in his own individual way without being a burden to anybody ,neither to himself.

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CitizenCharlie

Jan 4, 2012

Bill Cunningham can

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hanneguacamole

Nov 20, 2015

A movie about a guy who is passionate about what he does is a movie I like to watch. Bill Cunningham in Bill Cunningham New York is eccentric in one of the best ways possible. Living a hassle-free life in the middle of New York while somehow maintaining elite status among the written world.A movie about a guy who is passionate about what he does is a movie I like to watch. Bill Cunningham in Bill Cunningham New York is eccentric in one of the best ways possible. Living a hassle-free life in the middle of New York while somehow maintaining elite status among the written world. He's been doing it for ages and still continues today, the documentary shows an amazing window into a very interesting person's life. I loved getting to know Bill and if I'm ever strolling around in Manhattan, know that I'm dressing for him.… Expand

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