New Weston film

[Robert Brummitt]

I just spoke with the folks who produced the film and they will be offering copies to be sold at the Fanfaire. This is the special edition DVD's that come with a bit more goodies then the regular DVD's. It will be sold the same price as well. $25 a copy. If we have extra's I will ask if I can sel them via Paypal.

[John Hennessy]

How much nudity is in the movie?
It would be a great teaching aid for a college program I teach but if it has much nudity I would have to jump through to many hoops to be allowed to show it.

-Rob

What college is that? Times have changed since I was in an art department in the 70's. one could only distinguish the students from the faculty by slightly different states of undress. The Age of Aquarius is over? Bummer, man!

[MIke Sherck]

... If we have extra's I will ask if I can sel them via Paypal.

Oh, oh! Me me me!

Mike

[Jim Noel]

"Eloquent Nude" is an excellent film and the DVD is extremely well done.

It does, as the title indicates, contain considerable nude work including the model walking around in a few cases. Some of Charis' comments are rather blunt also, but they are not crude, just matter of fact.

I will be showing it to my Community College class in the very near future. If I could not show this as a work of art, I would not teach at the institution. I tell my students well ahead about the movie and offer them the opportunity to undertake other research tasks rather than watching the film. I have never had a student take me up on this for any film I have shown.

[Gary Samson]

I'd like to purchase a copy fo rviewing in my History of Photography course but it is not available from Filmbaby yet anyway. Does anyone have another vendor for this film. Thanks.

Gary

[Jon Shiu]

Not sure why it is not available now, I ordered and received the dvd from them last week.

Jon

[Bill_1856]

I ordered from Filmbaby on Wednesday, and 48 hours later it was in my mailbox. (Incidentally, having read Charis' book, I didn't think it was all that great.)

[Jon Shiu]

Hi, make sure to check the extra features on the DVD, quite interesting. Like making of the film, shows more about Charis now and why the film maker decided to use b/w super 8 film rather than just HD video. Also the info on locations is interesting. I use to live in the town of Elk in Northern California and didn't know there was a photo studio next to the church (and also always wondered what the bell tower section of the church originally looked like).

Jon

[William Gregory]

Is it still available on filmbaby? When I search for it comes up empty?

[John Powers]

If you are in the Cleveland, Ohio area,

Eloquent Nude: The Love and Legacy of Edward Weston and Charis Wilson
Friday, February 29, 7:00.
Sunday, March 2, 1:30.
Cleveland Museum of Art Lecture Hall
Directed by Ian McCluskey. Charis Wilson is one of the most famous nudes in the history of photography, having been the muse, model, lover, and wife of Edward Weston for many years. Now age 90, Wilson recounts the years that the two of them transformed photography—and each other—in this new documentary that also includes rare archival footage, dramatic reenactments, and interviews with scholars. Cleveland premiere. (USA, 2007, color/b&w, Beta SP, 60 min.)
www.eloquentnude.org