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Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress

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Ronnie Scheib Variety [Director Marion] Cajori's inventive, endlessly fascinating two-hour take draws freely from those prior studies, and from footage featuring Close and his contemporaries. Jan 3, 2008 Full Review Michelle Orange Village Voice Although the painting montages become somewhat burdensome in their repetition, and an epilogue feels academic in every sense, when Cajori finally pulls away from the finished portrait, the sense of a job done to brimming satisfaction is acutely twofold. Jan 2, 2008 Full Review V.A. Musetto New York Post The result is a portrait that should interest art-savvy viewers and neophytes alike. Rated: 3/4 Jan 2, 2008 Full Review Maria Garcia Film Journal International Through a series of vignettes, interviews with Close's friends and family, the filmmaker reveals the soul of the portraitist. Dec 31, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Every bit as impressive as Close's process, to which this documentary adds depth and interest - things I've always struggled to find in his painting. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member "You will be happy again and you can survive almost anything." - Chuck Close: magacian, puppeteer, artist, friend. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member I have a thing for this documentary. I prefer Chuck Close to just about any painter in the last hundred years. I love Philip Glass. The combination of the two visually and sonically is perfection. This is probably one of my top five favorite documentaries. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm loving this movie. Of course the temptation is to compare it to "Painters Painting", but being focused on one painter's work (with charming asides to a number of artists who use their screen time to talk about themselves...who wouldn't?) it's much more intimate. Ms. Cajori does some loopy things with the camera (bruchcam!) but the editing is brilliant and the use of sound throughout startlingly engaging. At nearly two hours, some people might be worn out, but I felt like I could watch forever, but I also felt something else more wonderful...I felt like going to the studio and _working_. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member great documentary about the generation of artists Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member I really wasn't familiar with this artist, and I feel like I am now. This documentary did a good job at concentrating mostly on his art and not getting too crazy on the personal side of things. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Marion Cajori