"I always wanted to photograph a chicken in high heels."
How can you resist finding out more about the man who said that? Helmut Newton, controversial photographer with a unique and distinctive visual style that once seen is never forgotten, is the subject of this new documentary that's about to get a cinema and digital release from Blue Finch.
Rather than start off chronologically, telling you where Newton was born and what his parents were like, this one drops you straight into its many stars reminiscing about working with him. If you're not familiar with Newton's work, or the many famous models he worked with, you will be after the first fifteen minutes.
It's a refreshing way to tell his story, learning about 'the legend' first from such fashion luminaries as Anna Wintour, Isabella Rossellini, Charlotte Rampling, Grace Jones and Claudia Schiffer, who all provide charming reminiscences about working with him.
Newton died at the age of 84 in 2004 in a car crash. However, sufficient video recordings and interviews were made of him that he is very much a presence in this, and pretty much gets to tell his own life story.
HELMUT NEWTON: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL is a fascinating, well put together and extremely watchable documentary that treats its subject with respect and sympathy. An excellent, informative and educational piece of work.
HELMUT NEWTON: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL is out on Curzon Home Cinema and Digital Download on Friday 23rd October 2020
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