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Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight (2009)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:11

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.7/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 73 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Theatrical Release:May 22, 2009 Limited

Synopsis: For many, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and the enduring I ♥ NY campaign, the full breadth of Glaser's... For many, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and the enduring I ♥ NY campaign, the full breadth of Glaser's remarkable artistic output is revealed in this documentary portrait, Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight. From newspapers and magazine designs, to interior spaces, logos, and brand identities, to his celebrated prints, drawings, posters and paintings, the documentary offers audiences a much richer appreciation for one of the great modern renaissance men.

Artfully directed by first time filmmaker Wendy Keys, the film glances into everyday moments of Glaser's personal life and capture his immense warmth, humanity and the boundless depth of his intelligence and creativity. --© Arthouse Films [More]

Starring: Milton Glaser

Starring: Milton Glaser

Director: Wendy Keys

Director: Wendy Keys
Producer: Wendy Keys
Composer: Hayes Greenfield
Studio: Arthouse Films

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Diverting as Glaser is being retrospective, it’s so much more interesting -- not to mention truer to his achievement -- watching him being creative.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
07/02/09
Mark Feeney
Mark Feeney
Boston Globe
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...will leave an audience feeling both lightened and illuminated.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
06/19/09
Kenneth Baker
Kenneth Baker
San Francisco Chronicle
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Unfortunately, the portrait first-time director Wendy Keys paints of the 80-year-old is more about myth building than anything else.

Full Review Source: New York Press | comment Comment
05/27/09
Jerry Portwood
Jerry Portwood
New York Press

An illuminating, compelling and well-focused documentary. Just like Milton Glaser's artworks, it concurrently informs and delights.

Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru | comment Comment
05/24/09
Avi Offer
Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru

Collaborators testify to the continuing influence of Glaser, now almost 80, but seeing is believing in director Wendy Keys’ pleasantly conversational documentary. Expect to mutter “He made that too?” at least a dozen times.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
05/22/09
Joe Neumaier
Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
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A breezy look at the man somebody says "may be the best-known graphic artist in the world."

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05/22/09
V.A. Musetto
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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Even casual filmgoers should be intrigued, while film buffs and cineastes will find the doc's inside-show biz stories a real treat.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
05/22/09
Steve Simels
Steve Simels
Boxoffice Magazine

May leave you with the impression that the spirit of modern New York was conjured out of thin air by its subject.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/22/09
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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The quantity and depth of Glaser's work is awesome

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/21/09
Paul Brenner
Paul Brenner
Filmcritic.com

What elevates the film to something more than a talking-heads documentary is the rapport established between Mr. Glaser and Ms. Keys on a project they both saw as a visual and verbal love letter to New York City.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
05/20/09
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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Surely Glaser the trailblazer warrants a more stylistically adventurous tribute than this.

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05/20/09
Ben Walters
Ben Walters
Time Out New York

It's a pleasant, largely anecdotal portrait.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
05/19/09
Aaron Hillis
Aaron Hillis
Village Voice
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Docu splendidly focuses on the artist but gives shorter shrift to the art itself.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/19/09
Ronnie Scheib
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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Keys succeeds in limning an engaging portrait of an artist and mentor who's spent a lifetime affirming the power of art to inform and delight, and, if he can help it, effect positive social change.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
05/17/09
Jay Antani
Jay Antani
Slant Magazine
 
 
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