Model

USA 1980. Dir Frederick Wiseman.


Frederick Wiseman's Model (1980) takes a close look at fashion through the documentary mode. Weiseman applies a cool, understated view of the documentary observer. In Model he examines the intersection of fashion, business, advertising, photography, television and fantasy, navigating through the working lives of models at a New York agency.

 


The ICA, cinema 1 Monday 22 May 2006, 18:15