![]() ![]() Broken down into 13 lessons in life, this is a gentle and melancholy film that, given his advancing years, could be Leiter’s swan song. ![]() Leiter muses on religion, his scholarly but cold upbringing, age, art and relationships, while his take on photography is refreshingly free of ego: he doesn’t seek to control and believes taking pictures teaches us to stop and look. 2, 2014 Now considered among the very best of the New. By turns self-effacing, wise, humorous and peevish, the 90-year-old Leiter is at his most poignant when remembering his long-term partner, the late Soames Bantry. In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter Directed by Tomas Leach Documentary Not Rated 1h 15m By Daniel M. Now we are granted a first-timelook at this body of work, which Leiter began on his arrival in New York in 1946 and chipped away at overthe next two decades. ![]() He’s a prolific, intelligent artist whose meditative and quietly observant persona is reflected in his street pictures of urban lives in passing. In the 1970s, Leiter plannedto make a book of his nudes, but never realized the project in his lifetime. ![]() Throughout this documentary, there’s something sloth-like about Leiter: in his New York drawl he claims he’s lazy and unambitious yet his cluttered apartment, which he attempts to clear, tells a different story. Now regarded as a pioneer for his mid-twentieth century work with colour, he’s associated with The New York School whose alumni included Diane Arbus. Saul Leiter was a respected fashion photographer until, in his twilight years, he became renowned for his abstract photographs and paintings. ![]()
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