Peter Hujar’s Day
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EXCLUSIVE TO GOLDEN AGE IN SYDNEY
Overview
New York, December 1974. Writer Linda Rosenkrantz asked her photographer friend Peter Hujar to write down everything he did one day, then tell her everything by a tape recorder. Among all the menial details, fleeting thoughts and everyday errands, he mentions his run-ins with the likes of Susan Sontag, Alan Ginsberg, William Boroughs and Fran Lebowitz. The project, which was supposed to be a series of single-day-accounts from Rosenkrantz’s friends, was never completed. What did survive was a written transcript of this conversation with Hujar which Rebecca Hall, Ben Whishaw and director Ira Sachs (Passages) have reenacted and reimagined for the camera.
“This is superior Hangout Cinema 101...You feel lucky you get to ride along”
“A vision of the ordinary that holds us because it contains a hidden glimmer of paradise”
“Magnificent... Finds sly poetry in the everyday”
“Ben Whishaw brilliantly conjures a long lost artist”
Why You Should See This Film
Playing exclusively at Golden Age in Sydney, Peter Hujar’s Day is at once a beautiful peek into the ‘70s New York arts scene and a tender document of a close friendship. Inhabiting a gorgeous mid-century modern apartment, Hall and Whishaw bring these old friends to life with thoroughness, grace and warmth while Ira Sachs offers an unexpected playfulness and transparency to the hangout. For us, this film satisfies a fascination for a mythic moment and contextualises it as the mundane reality it was to the people who lived it. It’s also life-affirming to witness two friends share and discuss the smallest details and emotions of their everyday; uncovering multitudes.
Staff Pick
On Sunday 31 May, Peter Hujar’s Day will be introduced by Tessa Keenan from our bar team.
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