The Delirious Fictions of William Klein (Criterion Collection: Eclipse Series 9)
William Klein's explosive, challenging New York street photography made him one of the most heralded visual artists of the fifties. In his three fiction features - Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, Mr. Freedom, and the Model Couple - he skewers the fashion industry, American imperialism, and middle-class complacency with hilarious, cutting aplomb. Today, Klein's politically galvanizing and insanely entertaining social critiques seem even more ahead of their time than works of the more famous New Wavers that overshadowed them: colorful, surreal antidotes to all.
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William Klein's explosive, challenging New York street photography made him one of the most heralded visual artists of the fifties. In his three fiction features - Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, Mr. Freedom, and the Model Couple - he skewers the fashion industry, American imperialism, and middle-class complacency with hilarious, cutting aplomb. Today, Klein's politically galvanizing and insanely entertaining social critiques seem even more ahead of their time than works of the more famous New Wavers that overshadowed them: colorful, surreal antidotes to all.
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William Klein's explosive, challenging New York street photography made him one of the most heralded visual artists of the fifties. In his three fiction features - Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, Mr. Freedom, and the Model Couple - he skewers the fashion industry, American imperialism, and middle-class complacency with hilarious, cutting aplomb. Today, Klein's politically galvanizing and insanely entertaining social critiques seem even more ahead of their time than works of the more famous New Wavers that overshadowed them: colorful, surreal antidotes to all.
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