‘Avedon’ Review: Ron Howard’s Thrilling Documentary About Richard Avedon, the Great Photographer Who Turned Head-On Portraits Into an Art Form
"Avedon," Ron Howard’s documentary about the legendary photographer, is a fantastic movie. It’s the best documentary Ron Howard has made (my favorite before this: "The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years"), and it’s been edited in a way that’s so supple and artful that its technique should be studied in filmmaking classes. (The film’s editor is Andrew Morreale.) Woven through the movie…
Variety's review of Ron Howard's documentary "Avedon" praises the film as a fantastic work of cinema, describing it as the best documentary he has ever seen from the director. The reviewer highlights the film's supple and artful editing, commending the technique so highly that it should be studied in filmmaking classes. The documentary features hundreds of images shot by Richard Avedon, which are presented in a nearly musical manner, helping to convey the larger narrative of Avedon's impact on the world of photography and how he transformed the way we perceive the world through head-on portraits.
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