The synopsis:
A film adaptation of the book, "Peter Hujar's Day," by Linda Rosenkrantz. It invites audiences into a single day in 1974 with groundbreaking queer photographer Peter Hujar. Set entirely in one room, the film re-creates the conversation between Hujar and Rosenkrantz, recorded on audio tape nearly fifty years ago and later published as a book. Through their freewheeling, intimate exchange, Hujar shares vivid stories of his interactions with literary and cultural icons like William Burroughs, Candy Darling, Susan Sontag and Allen Ginsberg, while also reflecting on the rhythms of everyday life in 1970s New York.
To the blurbs!
• "Whishaw and Hall play 1970s New York artists in a gorgeous monologue of a movie that becomes one you want to live inside." — IndieWire
• "Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall Take an Illuminating Snapshot of a Queer Artist in Ira Sachs’ Gorgeous Character Study." — The Hollywood Reporter
• "Ben Whishaw Plays the Noted New York Photographer in Ira Sachs’ Magical 1974 Time Capsule of a Movie." — Variety
• "Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall Are Breathtaking in Ira Sachs' Experimental Drama." — Collider
No word about a distribution deal or release date yet.
Hujar lived and worked above the Louis N. Jaffe Art Theater (today, the Village East by Angelika) on Second Avenue at 12th Street. Read more about the space where Jackie Curtis and David Wojnarowicz lived before and after Hujar right here.
I highly recommend the book, "Peter Hujar's Day," which is a transcript of a conversation between Hujar and Rosenkrantz. Per the description: "Rosenkrantz asked Hujar to write down everything he did one day on Dec. 18, 1974."
Bought a copy at Mast on Fifth Street and Avenue A several years back.
Hujar died from AIDS-related pneumonia on Nov. 26, 1987. He was 53.
