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Chuck Close (1997)

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Average Rating: 7.6/10
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Critic Reviews: 5
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Movie Info

Unrated, 1 hr. 56 min.

Musical & Performing Arts, Documentary

Directed By: Marian Cajoli , Marion Cajori

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1997 Limited

On DVD: Dec 16, 2003

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Critic Reviews for Chuck Close

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (0)

[Director Marion] Cajori's inventive, endlessly fascinating two-hour take draws freely from those prior studies, and from footage featuring Close and his contemporaries.

January 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Ronnie Scheib

Variety

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Although the painting montages become somewhat burdensome in their repetition, and an epilogue feels academic in every sense, when Cajori finally pulls away from the finished portrait, the sense of a job done to brimming satisfaction is acutely twofold.

January 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Michelle Orange

Village Voice

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The result is a portrait that should interest art-savvy viewers and neophytes alike.

January 2, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Post

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

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Chuck Close, about the painter, photographer and printmaker by the documentary filmmaker Marion Cajori, truly excels in its depiction of the physical process of making art.

January 2, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Matt Zoller Seitz

New York Times

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Late director Marion Cajori's documentary takes good advantage of intimate access to the iconic artist in an effort to chronicle the fascinating methodology behind his work.

December 17, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Magazine

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New York Magazine

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Through a series of vignettes, interviews with Close's friends and family, the filmmaker reveals the soul of the portraitist.

December 31, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Maria Garcia

Film Journal International

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