The Legend of Leigh Bowery

Name: The Legend of Leigh Bowery
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 28, 2003
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 65

2003

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Palm Pictures | Release Date: November 28, 2003

Summary: This documentary examines the life of the Australian-born fashion designer, performance artist and gay nightclub icon.

Director: Charles Atlas

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 60 min

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Ed Halter

Atlas allows Bowery's genius to retain, in the words of one admirer, "a big bundle of contradictions," not unlike his shocking designs themselves. Read full review

Wesley Morris

It takes almost an hour for The Legend of Leigh Bowery to make a case for Bowery's sort of genius, and in the last third, the movie gives a real sense of what made him him. Read full review

David Sterritt

You may find the film as outrageous as it is outlandish, and Bowery would have taken that as a compliment. Read full review

David Rooney

An engrossingly detailed if perhaps inevitably enigmatic portrait of the elusive, outrageous provocateur. Read full review

Stephen Holden

The film's most weirdly beautiful moments are its excerpts from Bowery's collaborations with the Michael Clark Dance Company. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

This absorbing documentary, which has already been shown on cable, is getting a theatrical run to capitalize on the Broadway musical "Taboo." Read full review

Premiere Peter Debruge

At best, this movie functions as a brief companion piece to Boy George's new Broadway show, “Taboo.” Read full review

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