William Eggleston in the Real World - literally
The Sunday Times had a review of the documentary "William Eggleston in the Real World." The reporter highlighted the fact that Mr. E (writing Eggleston over and over is a chore) doesn't like to talk about his photography much and that makes the movie all that more enjoyable. It lets you draw your own conclusions. Well, if that isn't good enough for you, Eggleston will participate in a live Q&A after Film Forum's 6:30pm showing on Wednesday, Aug. 31.
I tend to agree with Eggleston, which is why there isn't a huge amount of theoretical commentary here (or maybe its that I don't always have anything intelligent to say.) I do enjoy theoretical conversations, but those tend to cross the borders of any individual image or photographer, so I can understand his position on his own photographs. Plus, when you take so many and publish only a subset, I imagine its somewhat confusing to recall what you were thinking or how a particular image came about. But maybe I'm oversimplifying. Pure conjecture, regardless.
The movie poster just screams "independent film" and that sky photo doesn't really seem all that connected to Mr. E's own work. (UPDATE: I stand corrected. Eggleston's "Wedgewood Blue" series is nothing but sky. Thanks, Davin.)
Aug 31 - Sept 13 at Film Forum
Showtimes: 1:00, 2:50, 4:40, 6:30, 8:20, 10:10
The film will also be shown at London's ICA in November.
I can't wait to see this!
I terms of the sky image, Eggleston did do that series called "Wedgewood Blue," which is only photos of blue sky and cloud.
Yeah, Wedgwood Blue (no "e") is nothing but clouds. The photo used in the poster is from Eggleston's "Los Alamos." And numerous big cloud photos show up in his work over the years.