The Line King - The Al Hirschfeld Story
by Susan Warms Dryfoos
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Actor: Carol Channing, Joan Collins, Jules Feiffer, Lauren Bacall, Robert GouletDirector: Susan Warms Dryfoos
Brand: Image Entertainment
Cinematographer: Dick Blofson
Cinematographer: Jeffrey Grunther
Producer: Susan Warms Dryfoos
Writer: Susan Warms Dryfoos
Editor: Angelo Corrao
Producer: Angelo Corrao
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 86 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Homevision
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DVD Review: He was a Sunday Theater Staple
Summary: 5 Stars
Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) was the caricaturist for the New York Times Sunday Arts and Leisure section who made the Broadway theater come to life with his brilliant line drawings of actors and actresses. In the DVD "The Line King" (1996) we are given a beautiful documentary that shows the evolution of this great artist. He traveled a great deal in his lifetime and spent long periods in Russia, Bali, Tahiti, Japan, and other places. As he grew older the lines in his drawings became simpler, leaner, more minimalist, and more refined, as if he discarded everything but the purest and most essential lines to capture the true essence of his subjects. It was amazing how accurately in a few lines he caught the essence of a celebrity.
Over his lifetime he worked in many modes and types of art but whatever art he created showed his talents and genius. He spent long hours each day in his studio trying to get things exactly right. He was a perfectionist whose precision showed. He worked in an old barber chair in his studio, and until her death, his wife was his constant loving companion.
He immortalized his daughter Nina. Remember looking at his pictures trying to find the Ninas he had noted numerically were contained in each drawing? He had an amazing career and worked for a number of employers including stints as art directors at movie studios, before ending up at The Times. He was an even-tempered, humorous man who loved the theater and was often seen there.
The film shows many of his drawings, and I was amazed to find how much of my own Broadway theatergoing was relived in those sketches. Various celebrities are interviewed, and we see drawings to match them. Commentators talk of his frolic of line, his effortless grace and wit, and how he captured the adrenaline of actors in his drawings.
He would sit in the middle of an empty theater, watch rehearsals and make his drawings. At performances he would even have a pencil and paper in his pocket to jot down things tactilely in the dark.
His work is sorely missed because in the old days, often it was his drawings that drew audiences to the plays. About living, he said, "You make it up as you go along."
Description of The Line King - The Al Hirschfeld Story
The Line King tells the amazing story of Al Hirschfeld, creator of thousands of famous drawings of stars and celebrities for more than sixty years. Nominated for an Academy AwardŽ for Best Documentary Feature (1996), The Line King celebrates Hirschfeld?s many years of work for The New York Times, where his drawings were a centerpiece of the Sunday Arts section. With appearances by Lauren Bacall, Carol Channing, Joan Collins, Barbara Walters, Robert Goulet, and many others, The Line King is a fascinating portrait of the artist as a cultural icon.Bestsellers in DVD
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