Finding Vivian Maier [DVD] /
Series: Vendetta DOCSPublisher: New York : Sundance Selects, [2014]Distributor: [Australia] : Vendetta [distributor]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 videodisc (approximate running time: 94 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: Narrator/participant, John Maloof.Summary: When John Maloof bought an unmarked box of undeveloped negatives back in 2007, he had no idea that he had just stumbled upon one of the 20th century's most important troves of street photography and self portraiture. The photographer: Vivian Maier, a secretive and eccentric nanny who over the course of more than three decades took tens of thousands of photos of everyday urban life - and showed them to no one. 'Finding Vivian Maier' follows Maloof as he embarks on a quest to reveal the woman behind the Rolleiflex camera. Part retrospective, part detective story, 'Finding Vivian Maier' is a touching portrait of a woman haunted by her past. For a contemporary age obsessed with self-documentation via all forms of technology, Vivian Maier was a pioneer.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Visual Material | Whitecliffe Library Audio Visual | General | DVD 215 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0010505 |
DVD.
Catalogued from container.
"The discovery that rocked the art world"--Container.
Originally released as a documentary film in 2013.
Narrator/participant, John Maloof.
When John Maloof bought an unmarked box of undeveloped negatives back in 2007, he had no idea that he had just stumbled upon one of the 20th century's most important troves of street photography and self portraiture. The photographer: Vivian Maier, a secretive and eccentric nanny who over the course of more than three decades took tens of thousands of photos of everyday urban life - and showed them to no one. 'Finding Vivian Maier' follows Maloof as he embarks on a quest to reveal the woman behind the Rolleiflex camera. Part retrospective, part detective story, 'Finding Vivian Maier' is a touching portrait of a woman haunted by her past. For a contemporary age obsessed with self-documentation via all forms of technology, Vivian Maier was a pioneer.
Censorship rating: PG: Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers.
Anamorphic widescreen 1.78:1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround ; Region 4 ; PAL.
In English. No subtitles.