#nan goldin documentary

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Film Review: All the Beauty & the Bloodshed ★★★★★

Film Review: All the Beauty & the Bloodshed ★★★★★

Oscar and Pulitzer Prize-winning documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras’ exceptional All the Beauty and the Bloodshed—which was Queer Lion-nominated and won the Golden Lion for best film at Venice—weaves a compelling dual narrative that shifts between an unflinchingly personal portrait of photographer Nan Goldin’s life and career, and a focus on her recent campaign to hold those culpable for the…

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Nan Goldin’s photos in All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Laura Poitras, 2022)  

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all the beauty and the bloodshed (2022)

[artfilmfan]

Nan Goldin in "All the beauty and the bloodshed" (Laura Poitras, 2022)

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Nan Goldin, All The Beauty And The Bloodshed, 2022

[hyperallergic]

Nan Goldin has always been a documentarian. The new film “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” feels less like a biography than a natural extension of her life’s work, a kind of collaboration between director Laura Poitras and the famed photographer on a cinematic memoir. 

 The film’s structure forcefully posits multiple parallels between the world Goldin grew up in and the one she fights in today — between AIDS and the opioid crisis, between historical and contemporary neglect of the marginalized, between queer life then and now. 

Read the full review.

[haverwood]

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Laura Poitras USA, 2022 ★★★★★ Impactful, moving, devastating.

[paradiss]

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Seen in 2022:

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Laura Poitras), 2022

[luhafraser]

Connecting the dots...

Caitríona probably followed Nan's IG account and others connected to the Sackler family case because of this Oscar nominee documentary...

Let's not forget she is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

[kevrocksicehouse]

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.

D: Laura Poitras (2022).

Addiction also drives Laura Poitras documentary portrait of photographer Nan Goldin, who ran away from a repressive dysfunctional family (after the suicide of her brilliant and beloved sister) and dove into the bohemian demimonde of Boston and New York chronicling the drug addicts, queers, drag queens, hookers, sex workers etc. of lower bohemia. As a photographer she smashed the difference between artist and subject showing the underground denizens as her makeshift family (and during the 80s and 90s AIDS crisis, the decimation of that family). The film tells her story but intercuts it with her current struggle against the drug corporation Purdue Pharma over their marketing of oxycontin which helped turn her into an opioid addict and nearly killed her. Her activism is focused on pressuring the most prestigious museums in the art world (many of which have hosted her work) to reject the endowments of the Sackler family, major art philanthropists who also control Purdue, as well as removing their names from museum exhibits. Poitras takes what could have been a messy mélange of themes and turns it into a strong depiction of an artist’s turn to activism. By the end when Goldin makes the Pharma board listen on Zoom to hours of testimony from victims of the opioid epidemic (you can see the blood drain from their face) the story seems to be one of a piece – the lifelong effort by the artist to make us look at the people who are supposed to be invisible and to see them.

[randomberlinchick]

I saw an exhibit of her incredible work many years ago at Berlinische Galerie (my favorite art space in Berlin). This looks like a powerful documentary and I certainly have a lot of respect for Laura Poitras, who directed the Edward Snowden documentary, Citizen Four.

Will actually see this on Sunday . . .

Tagging @gotankgo because I know he's a fan!

[pynkhues]

Hi, I’m watching Never Let Him Go on Hulu and was wondering if you’d seen it?

Its about an American gay man who lived in Australia and was determined by the police to have committed suicide but his brother believes it’s a murder.

If you have I’d love to get your thoughts on how they presented the struggle between the American and Australian culture. And just any thoughts you have.

It can be a difficult watch so I understand if you’re not interested but I always love how you further expand on difficult topics.

Hope you’re having a great day. 🤍

Hi! I actually hadn't even heard of the documentary, but I know the case pretty well - it's a quite an infamous one here, and the fallout of the coroner's inquest was pretty recent so has been in the headlines a lot over the last few years.

It definitely sounds up my alley to watch, and you've made me very curious about the American vs Australian cultural differences which I have a lot of feelings on in general. I've unexpectedly got tomorrow off work, so I'll watch it and let you know what I think.

Thanks for the recommendation! Hope you're having a great day too ❤️

[photobookjunkies]

📚 Nan Goldin - The Beautiful Smile (Steidl, 2017)

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[paradiss]

internet baby

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