An internationally renowned photographer with the methods of a filmmaker, Gregory Crewdson has created some of the most haunting images in the history of the medium.
Filmed over a decade with unprecedented access, this award-winning film tracks Crewdson’s quest to create his surreal and incredibly elaborate portraits of small-town American life.
While the photographs are staged with crews that rival many feature film productions, Crewdson takes inspiration as much from his own fantasies as the worlds of David Lynch, Edward Hopper and Diane Arbus.
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters beautifully bares the artist’s process - and it’s as riveting as the images themselves.
Director Ben Shapiro will join Alastair Sooke, broadcaster and art critic, to discuss the film after the screening.
Director: Ben Shapiro
USA 2012, 1h18m N/C 15+
An internationally renowned photographer with the methods of a filmmaker, Gregory Crewdson has created some of the most haunting images in the history of the medium.
Filmed over a decade with unprecedented access, this award-winning film tracks Crewdson’s quest to create his surreal and incredibly elaborate portraits of small-town American life.
While the photographs are staged with crews that rival many feature film productions, Crewdson takes inspiration as much from his own fantasies as the worlds of David Lynch, Edward Hopper and Diane Arbus.
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters beautifully bares the artist’s process - and it’s as riveting as the images themselves.
Director Ben Shapiro will join Alastair Sooke, broadcaster and art critic, to discuss the film after the screening.
