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ELLIOTT ERWITT, SILENCE SOUNDS GOOD

Directed by Adriana Lopez Sanfeliu

Elliott Erwitt has spent his entire adult life taking photographs, of presidents, popes and movie stars, as well as regular people and their pets. The acclaimed photographer seemed to be everywhere in his heyday – at meetings with John F Kennedy, to public speeches by Che Guevara and in the studio with Marilyn Monroe, this documentary shows his simple, almost comical approach to taking pictures. His work is iconic in world culture while his life is largely unknown. Director Adriana Lopez Sanfeliu creates an intimate portrait of Elliott and a life oddly devoted to both companionship and craft.  When they met, Elliott was heartbroken over a dog. Adriana was looking to start a career in photography and he needed a camera assistant for an assignment in Tokyo. The chance meeting led to five years traveling together around the world.  When Elliott’s health began to decline, Adriana transitioned to his studio in New York and helped him manage his enormous catalogue. Then, in 2015, when the U.S. embargo against Cuba was lifted they decided to go on one last road trip and caught the first flight out of New York to Havana to see the country he last documented in 1964.  The work in Cuba would inspire a new book project and lead to an unlikely companion for Elliott, a puppy named Canelo on a tobacco farm in the Cuban countryside. Elliott Erwitt – Silence Sounds Good is an intimate portrait of one of the greatest photographers of our time, and his commitment to craft. 

See a sampling of Elliott Erwitt’s remarkable career in photos here.

 

"Erwitt in The Guardian" In The Press
The Guardian: Elliott Erwitt: 'Photography is pretty simple. You just react to what you see'MORE +
Arts Fuse: Aside from making generalities about “making good photographs” and “earning a living,” celebrated phototgrapher Elliott Erwitt steadfastly refuses to be drawn out.MORE +
Film Threat: You get—if not a 360-degree perspective—what feels like an honest, nontheatrical portrait of the artist as an old man.MORE +
Baltimore Sun: offbeat photographer Elliott Erwitt at the Senator TheatreMORE +
Lebanon Express: Virtual Double Screening: “Elliott Erwitt: Silence Sounds Good” and “One Thousand Stories,” 10 a.m., view virtually July 10-17, hosted by Darkside Cinema.MORE +
Laemmle: Elliot Erwitt: Silence Sounds Good: Laemmle Virtual CinemaMORE +
Disappointment Media: ELLIOTT ERWITT - SILENCE SOUNDS GOOD -- A Personal Glimpse into the Photographer's ArtistryMORE +
48 Hills: Adriana Lopez Sanfeliu’s Elliott Erwitt: Silence Sounds Good, about the legendary photographer, who’s still active in his nineties.MORE +
Women in Hollywood: Elliott Erwitt has joked that he’s been around so long, most editors think he’s dead. The 91-year-old Magnum photographer has made iconic images of the Civil Rights movement, the Cuban Revolution, not to mention celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, and dogs. MORE +
Musee Magazine: He is living proof of that sound thinking and a delight to spend time with. And by his own standards his life has been a success which he describes as “having the freedom to do what you love whenever you want to”.MORE +
Unseen Films: ELLIOTT ERWITT - SILENCE SOUNDS GOOD and ONE THOUSAND STORIES: THE MAKING OF A MURAL "What an absolute delight. Highly recommended"MORE +
Cleveland Entertainment: Elliott Erwitt and JR Short "this week’s streaming movies in Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque virtual screening rooms"MORE +
Local News Matters: “Stories” is paired with an hourlong documentary about Elliott Erwitt and his career as a celebrated photographer known for his unique black-and-white images.MORE +
The Marilyn Report: Meanwhile, one of Marilyn’s most accomplished photographers is also getting the documentary treatment in Elliott Erwitt: Silence Sounds Good. The hour-long film is coming soon to virtual cinemasMORE +
Starting in July, the Senator will feature the documentaries “Elliott Erwitt: Silence Sounds Good”MORE +
Arte Magazine: An unprecedented, intimate and peaceful portrait of the photographer now considered a true legend in the history of photography. His iconic shots tell the great events of history and the small accidents of everyday life with a unique style made of simplicity, immediacy and also a lot of irony. And they are at the same time an incredible cross-section of our society. MORE +
Magnum Photos: "Erwitt’s photography unfailing meets this criteria and the film conveys just how many iconic images he has made over the years"MORE +

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