Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression

2004 / 58 min. / color
Directed by Michael Blackwood

Meticulously setting up each cinematic shot, Gregory Crewdson has mastered a style of eerie realism intended the make the regular feel foreign. Similar to David Lynch’s specific use of the uncanny in films such as “Blue Velvet”, Crewdson’s work paints a dark, deep portrait of American suburbia. Much like a film director, Crewdson achieves his startling images by working with a professional crew including a director of photography, a camera operator, a production designer, actors and a casting director. His astonishingly elaborate sets create a unique realm of mise-en-scène, inspired largely by the works of American artists and film directors. Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression observes and questions the photographer during his work on ten new images. 

Directed by
Michael Blackwood

Cast
Gregory Crewdson
Maureen Mueller

Produced by
Michael Blackwood … producer
Caroline Kerrigan … associate producer

Cinematography by
Christoph Lerch

Film Editing by
Joelle Schon

Production Design by
Anne Ross

Sound Department
Rudolf Schwarz … sound recordist

IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt1833704

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