Peter Hujar's Day
- Director: Ira Sachs
- Writer: Ira Sachs
- Producer: Sol Bondy, Fred Burle, Aaron Craig, Jonah Disend, Jordan Drake, Ellis Fox, Lucas Joaquin, Martín Kalina, Adam Kersh, Franklin P. Laviola, Nicholas Laviola, Inés Massa, Alex Mitow, Alfredo Pérez Veiga, Nadine Rothschild, Adam Samuels, Corin Taylor, Nicolás Pérez Veiga, Paul Weston
CGiii Comment
A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
In Peter Hujar’s Bloomsday-esque narration of one day in his life, quotidian details like the price of a sandwich mingle with cameos by the likes of Allen Ginsberg. As trivialities and incidents accumulate, softly spoken is the voice of an artist wishing to be truly seen amid his existential fear it won’t happen. In recreating the recounting of Peter’s day to author Linda Rosenkrantz in her 94th Street apartment in New York City in 1974, director Ira Sachs playfully creates a wholly new work of contemporary cinema. With a consciously self-aware style and actors Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall reenacting the encounter with fidelity and elegance, Peter Hujar’s Day is an evocative experience rooted in a particular time and place, but it is also eternal in its recognition of the unstoppable flow of time.—Sudeep Sharma
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Cast & Characters
Ben Whishaw (as Peter Hujar)
Rebecca Hall (as Linda Rosenkrantz)