woensdag, juli 26, 2006
‘The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover’
Art, adultery, divorce, lawyers and pots of money: Paul Yule’s documentary “The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover” wades through the seamy mess surrounding the estate of the Brooklyn-born photographer O. Winston Link, who died in 2001. Nobody comes off well in this exercise in mudslinging, self-aggrandizement and moral one-upmanship, least of all the lawyers and prosecutors who twice helped to convict Link’s wife Conchita of theft.
The film is an update of Mr. Yule’s 1990 documentary “O. Winston Link: Trains That Passed in the Night,” which portrayed the couple as happily married. It is a sad commentary on the inflated art market and its vulture mentality camouflaged by highbrow trappings, the movie comes across as an example of the very exploitation it observes with a raised eyebrow.
THE PHOTOGRAPHER, HIS WIFE, HER LOVER opens today in Manhattan.
Bron: The New York Times.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 18:42
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