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The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover

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The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover (2006)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:9

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.4/10

Rated: Not Rated

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Theatrical Release:Jul 26, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: This fascinating documentary from director Paul Yule tells the intriguing story of photographer O. Winston Link, who was known for his lovely black-and-white pictures of trains--though friends say... This fascinating documentary from director Paul Yule tells the intriguing story of photographer O. Winston Link, who was known for his lovely black-and-white pictures of trains--though friends say he had a dark, depressive, and reclusive side. When, at the age of 73, he married the younger Conchita Mendoza, she profited from his art while having a torrid affair with another man--and keeping Link a prisoner in his own darkroom. [More]


Studio: First Run/Icarus Films

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It's sort of like how two people can look at the same photograph, and one can see a record of a place and time, while another can see art.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
07/27/06
Noel Murray
Noel Murray
AV Club

The worst thing about this fine documentary is its title.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
12/15/06
Mark Feeney
Mark Feeney
Boston Globe

Adultery, abuse, and astronomical art world prices are packaged with creepy background music and cliched close-ups of court records.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
10/27/06
Bill Stamets
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times

An essay on the difficulty of determining 'truth' and the ultimate unknowability of people.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
10/26/06
Alan G. Artner
Alan G. Artner
Chicago Tribune

Yule's insightful new movie details the disintegration of a marriage that was hunky-dory when he met the 75-year-old Winston and his new 50-year-old wife and partner, Conchita, in 1990.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
07/28/06
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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Paul Yule's strong documentary is teasingly ambiguous, inviting audience members to debate Conchita's guilt and supplying plenty of points for both sides.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
07/26/06
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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Paul Yule's documentary wades through the seamy mess surrounding the estate of the Brooklyn-born photographer O. Winston Link, who died in 2001.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
07/25/06
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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There's a good film noir to be made from this morass of human foibles, but British documentarian Paul Yule has the advantage of nonfictional context.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
01/19/07
Jeff Shannon
Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times

Tough-as-nails and with a heavy British accent, director Paul Yule sometimes resembles a more famous BBC documentarian: Nick Broomfield.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
07/26/06
Paul Schrodt
Paul Schrodt
Slant Magazine

[A] disturbing but undeniably entertaining film.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
07/26/06
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

... Yule's docu sheds light neither on the convoluted codependency of marriage nor upon the commodification of art.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
08/02/06
Ronnie Scheib
Ronnie Scheib
Variety

[Yule] reveals a struggle far more complicated, suggesting that the manic entanglement of human relationships can't always conform to the winner-loser narratives that the lawyer-driven court system demands.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
07/25/06
Ed Halter
Ed Halter
Village Voice
 
 
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