Model

Model (1981)

Frederick Wiseman focuses his lens on male and female models at work on television commercials, fashion shows, magazine covers, and advertising for a variety of products, including designer collections, fur coats, sports clothes and automobiles. The models are seen at work with photographers whose techniques illustrate different styles of fashion and product photography. The business aspect of running an agency is also shown: interviewing prospective models, career counseling, arranging portfolios, talking with clients, and planning trips presents a view of the intersections of fashion, business, advertising, photography, television and fantasy.

Date of release
1981-09-16
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (10)
Runtime
2h 9m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Frederick Wiseman

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: New York City and Manhattan

Model is a 1981 American documentary film directed by Frederick Wiseman. The film examines the modeling industry in New York City. It was Wiseman's ninth documentary for WNET, a New York PBS station.

Production

The film was shot in 1979 and 1980 on black-and-white film. Wiseman selected the Zoli agency simply because "the idea of a model agency appealed to me ... and [Zoli] agreed."

Wiseman did not research the modeling industry before filming, and described the editing process as discovery: "It is all a surprise since I know very little about the subject before I begin shooting. The idea is that the film should at least in part show what I learned as a consequence of the shoot and the long period of editing."

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