DokuBem #1: Finding Vivian Maier

FINDING VIVIAN MAIER

color, Subtitled, American Documentary, 83', 2013

(Finding Vivian Maier - in original voice with Hungarian subtitles)

directed by Charlie Siskel, John Maloof

cast: Vivian Maier, John Maloof

***Not recommended for children under 12 years of age.***

Once upon a time there lived in America a nanny who lived in the XX. he was one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, but she did not suspect this of herself. Vivian Maier died without one of her thousands of masterpieces ever being printed.

One day, a young historian named John Maloof, researching the history of Chicago's old buildings, bought a box of negatives at a flea market auction, and that day not only changed his life, but soon made him a millionaire.

The film In Search of Vivian Maier unfolds these two tales: the story of the lonely nanny who died in poverty and abandonment, who, in addition to her occasional work, photographed all her life, documenting the 20th century. the second half of the century. He used the camera like Van Gogh used the brush: he poured out the masterpieces without the world wondering. However, In the Footsteps of Vivian Maier is also a document of the joy of discovery, the story of the luck and inspiring efforts of John Maloof, who introduced the artist he discovered and his oeuvre to the world.