Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank

Name: Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 29, 2019
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Robert Frank

2019

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Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank

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Granada Television | Release Date: May 29, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Robert Frank

Movie Facts:

Completed in 2004, Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank was the first ever feature-length documentary about the legendary Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker. Originally deemed too personal to be shown widely, the film has just been authorized by Frank for theatrical release.

Summary: Shot in cinema-verité style between New York and Nova Scotia, where Robert Frank now lives, the film captures Frank reflecting on a lifetime of image making that most famously produced The Americans, probably the most influential photographic book of the last sixty years. From the Lower East Side to Coney Island, Frank revisits places whereShot in cinema-verité style between New York and Nova Scotia, where Robert Frank now lives, the film captures Frank reflecting on a lifetime of image making that most famously produced The Americans, probably the most influential photographic book of the last sixty years. From the Lower East Side to Coney Island, Frank revisits places where he lived and photographed, unsentimentally yet humorously noting the erosion of the New York. He recalls his collaborations with the Beat generation, including his film Pull my Daisy, narrated by Jack Kerouac, as well as his infamous Cocksucker Blues with The Rolling Stones. Affectionate conversations with Frank’s second wife, the vibrant artist June Leaf, reveal decades of closeness, creative exchange and support through the intense tragedies of Frank’s life. In rare moments of vulnerability, Frank speaks movingly about these tragedies and his attempts to cope through his deeply personal photography and films. Unembellished and unflinching, this portrait captures the life and art of one of the most significant and uncompromising artists of the 20th century.… Expand

Director: Gerald Fox

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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