Model

USA, 1980. Director Frederick Wiseman. 130min.

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.

For further reading, see Ed Barber’s essay Fashion Records.

Past screenings

Between Stigma and Enigma – London
Monday 22 May 2006, 18:15 | ICA Cinema
Introduced by photographer Ed Barber.

The 1st Fashion in Film Festival – New York
Saturday 24 March 2007, 14:00 | Museum of the Moving Image