William Eggleston in the Real World
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| William Eggleston in the Real World | |
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| Directed by | Michael Almereyda |
| Produced by | Michael Almereyda Jessy Dylan Anthony Katagas |
| Written by | Michael Almereyda |
| Starring | William Eggleston Tristán Ulloa Najwa Nimri Daniel Freire Elena Anaya |
| Music by | Simon Fisher Turner |
| Cinematography | Kiko de la Rica |
| Editing by | Karen Choy Joshua Falcon Johannes Weuthen |
| Distributed by | Palm Pictures (USA) |
| Release date(s) | 2005 |
| Running time | 84 mins |
| Country |  U.S. |
| Language | English |
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William Eggleston In The Real World reveals the deep connection between photographer William Eggleston's enigmatic personality and his groundbreaking work, and also reveals his parallel commitments as a musician, draftsman and videographer. Michael Almereyda tracks the photographer on trips to Kentucky, Los Angeles and New York, but gives particular attention to downtime in Memphis, Eggleston's home base.
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In 1976, William Eggleston's hallucinatory, Faulknerian images were featured in the Museum of Modern Art's first one-man exhibition of color photographs. He has been called “the beginning of modern color photography” (John Szarkowski, MoMA) and “one of the most significant figures in contemporary photography” (Charles Hagen, NY Times). It is rare for an artist of such stature to allow himself to be shown as unguardedly as Eggleston does in Michael Almereyda's intimate portrait. The filmmaker also reveals his parallel commitments as a musician, draftsman and videographer. Eggleston, age 65, has become an icon and inspiration to artists worldwide.
