FILM 1217: GUEST OF CINDY SHERMAN
A documentary on art-scene
commentator Paul Hasegawa-Overacker's relationship with enigmatic photographer
Cindy Sherman.
MY VERDICT: This documentary combines a look at the
artworld and the relationships within it.
I did originally think this was purely a documentary about the work of
Cindy Sherman and if you go into it with that expectation then you will be
disappointed. It does, however, have some information about her work in case
you’re not sure what she does. The
documentary is primarily about Paul H-O, a public access TV presenter on a show
called Gallery Beat. And it is through
this show that he gets the opportunity to meet Cindy Sherman, an art superstar. After a number of interviews they started a
relationship where Paul H-O discovers what it is like to be the partner of
someone both famous and very successful.
He wasn’t happy to be the ‘wife’ in the relationship and this rallied
against the feminist messages in a lot of Sherman’s work.
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