It also features priceless archival fashion footage, as well as kevyn, refusing to. The kevyn aucoin story, paints a picture of the man who painted so many famous faces through oneonone interviews with. A new kevyn aucoin documentary will make you want to. Larger than life is as fascinating and flamboyant as its subject. With christy turlington, tori amos, kevyn aucoin, naomi campbell.
The kevyn aucoin story presents a colorful and complex man whose impact on the fashion world can still be felt today. The kevyn aucoin story explores the life of the iconic makeup artist who transformed the profession into a prominent and influential art form. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing larger than life. Director and makeup artist tiffany bartok paints a beautiful and deeply personal portrait of a man who, as both and artist and lgbtq advocate, dedicated his life to elevating the inner. She began to sharpen her makeup skills on celebrities and film crews. It details his rise to fame, his eventual stardom and his capitulation from that stardom to the end of his days at the young age of forty due to a mixture of long term illness and an addiction to pain killer drugs.
The kevyn aucoin story documentary with sandy linter duration. The kevyn aucoin story, a documentary about his life that started making the rounds at festivals in the u. We sat down with the films director, tiffany bartok, to talk about the process of creating the doc. Last night i went to see the documentary larger than life. The kevyn aucoin story will premiere at the 2017 doc nyc film festival on november 16. The kevyn aucoin story tiffany bartok worked consistently as an actress but soon discovered a talent for makeup artistry. Late makeup artist kevyn aucoins secret videos released duration. The kevyn aucoin story chronicles the life of deceased makeup artist, kevyn aucoin, an icon of 80s and 90s fashion. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
Larger than life is a delightful deep dive, filled with intimate interviews with kevyn, the sisters on whom he practiced his craft as a burgeoning fashionista, and the 1980s supermodels he glorifiedlinda, christy, naomi, paulina, cindy, brooke, and kate. The kevyn aucoin story is a documentary that deconstructs the rise and. The kevyn aucoin story is a well constructed, wartsandall documentary that probes issues of creativity, sexual identity, and celebrity culture. A pioneer of contour techniques, makeup artist kevyn aucoin had a meteoric rise to fame in the 80s and 90s was legendary. This documentary from tiffany bartok tells the story of late. It is also the story of his lifelong struggle with acromegaly a growth hormone disorder and the inner demons that conspired to cut his life short. The kevyn aucoins story does a good job of getting this same sense of what aucoin hoped to inspire in people and of what he did inspire. July 25, 2018 a pioneer of contour techniques, makeup artist kevyn aucoins meteoric rise to. Iconic clients, friends, and family retrace his life, career, and mysterious death at the height of his fame in 2002.
Directed by tiffany bartok featuring christy turlington burns, isabella rossellini, naomi campbell, tori amos, kate moss, isaac mizrahi, paulina porizkova, cher. The kevyn aucoin story recounts his life and career in a manner that should prove fascinating even to those who couldnt care less about. The kevyn aucoin story 2017 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The film was produced in association with vinyl foote productions and matador content. They were very proud of their son who was the talented gay man who was responsible for putting makeup the conic. The kevyn aucoin story held its world premiere at the 25th hamptons film festival in october 2017 and its new york city premiere at doc nyc in november 2017. The kevyn aucoin story will premiere this weekend at the 25th hamptons international film festival. Larger than life is a feature documentary about the extraordinary life of the first celebrity makeup artist, kevyn aucoin. The new kevyn aucoin documentary explains every beauty. Sandy linter and harry king 1979 cosmo cover shoot with gia carangi duration. Documentary film about legendary makeup artist kevyn aucoin. The kevyn aucoin story documentary with sandy linter sandy linter. The kevyn aucoin documentary is finally happening allure.
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I previously wrote about the film for doc nyc, saying. Overcoming all obstacles laid before him in his small. It also uncovers the mystery surrounding aucoins untimely death in 2002. A pioneer of contour techniques, makeup artist kevyn aucoins meteoric rise to fame in the 80s and 90s was legendary. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. The kevin aucoin story through aucoins own words and his work, larger than life. The kevyn aucoin story movie clip eyebrows 2018 documentary movie hd. Larger than life is with matador content and 4 others. Legendary makeup artist kevyn aucoin arrived in new york city from the small town of lafayette, louisiana after spending his childhood. A portrait of a toosoondeparted fashion world pioneer. Larger than life explores every corner of kevyns rich, beautiful and complicated life through the story of his untimely passing and the inspiring legacy he left behind. Because of this, one comes away from the film not depressed, but inspired. At the height of his fame in 2002, kevyn died mysteriously. I began my career in film as a makeup artist, and i met kevyn while he was filming an.
The kevyn aucoin story a personal look at kevyn aucoin amos lassen i remember being at some kind of lgbt meeting in lafayette, louisiana years ago and meeting kevyn aucoins parents. At times a full anthology of 90s beauty, at others an allegory of the pitfalls of fame and fortune, larger than life. The kevyn aucoin story movie clip celebrities 2018 documentary movie hd. His life, rise to fame, and mysterious death are chronicledthrough interviews with his. Larger than life the kevyn aucoin story new movie clip. A look into the meteoric rise of famed makeup artist kevyn larger than life. Too often, makeup today is sold as a way to make you not look like yourself, as though there is something. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. The kevyn aucoin story at hiff 2017 the knockturnal world premiere of kevyn aucoin film set for hamptons film festival. It is an intimate scrapbook of kevyns life, work, and very famous clients, including cher, tina turner, and whitney houston. The kevyn aucoin story why you need to watch this film duration. Jennie kermode director tiffany bartok doesnt shy away from the depressing aspects of kevyns story, nor obfuscate his responsibility for parts of what went wrong. For anyone who either remembers him fondly or doesnt know about him and you should, if you consider yourself a beauty historian, you need to see larger than life. The kevyn aucoin story explores the life of the iconic makeup artist who transformed the profession.
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