"I’m making a film in November with Ben Whishaw called Peter Hujar’s Day about the photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda in December of 1974 in New York City. This is a film about what it is to be an artist among artists in a city where no one was making any money."
Thanks to the two readers who sent me this from Passages director Ira Sachs' new interview with IndieWire (wherein they mostly talk about Passages, out this weekend; see all of our Passages coverage here) -- news of his next movie! If Ira and Ben want to keep working together forever I would be in heaven. And a movie about gay photographer Peter Hujar at that! I know Hujar's work but not a ton about him as a person; that said the scene he was a part of -- downtown New York in the 1980s -- is one of my great obsessions and seeing Sachs tackle it sounds like, dare I say, even more heaven. Let's hope that Ben reenacts lots of Peter's self-portraits...
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The film is set in December '74, when Hujar was 40, so Whishaw is perfect for the role. And mid-70s NYC is as interesting as '80s (more so tbh).
Here's a '74 self-portrait: https://www.artsy.net/artwork/peter-hujar-self-portrait-jumping-ii
I love that I quoted Sachs saying it was set in 1974 and immediately proceeded to talk about the 1980s lol -- my head has been elsewhere this week, apologies everybody! Anyway yes 1970s NYC is just as good
Great review JA. Congrats!
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