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denis is represented by Window Productions in Australia and Europe
Strongly identified for his innovative and sensual work, his purer talent is his conceptual imagery, often working direct with clients to create unique advertising such as the pioneering fashion video that launched Donna Karan, the controversial Vogue "Fashion against Women" commercial and the legendary and much emulated "Only Wool can do it".
As witnessed in his work, denis is equally skilled with the nuances of characterization, humour, and dialogue, his " based in life" style, his signature trait.
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Love is Blind
Documentary
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"This
is a documentary about a marriage that went
wrong, and it just so happens that the bride
and groom are blind. Their blindness is secondary,
almost incidental ot what hapens. It intensifies
the relationship, and our perception of it,
but it doesn't define it, For between the ringing
confidence of the vows and the husband's increasingly
desperate pleas for love and understanding we
see a very familiar trajectory. This is about
a disabled marriage much more than it's about
disability." |
| ".....the
director has a special need. denis piel a highly
successful photographer whose fashion spreads
and celebrity portraits for glossy magazines have
earned him a considerable international reputation. He's also directed
many stylish commercials for cosmetic products
and fashion houses,. He lives in a world where
everything is visual, elegant and excruciatingly
sophisticated. Like many fashion photographers,
he seems to be trying to expiate guilts by having
another life, by walking away from the values
of his profession. |
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Thus Richard Avedon seeks
out subject in mental asylums, just as Lord
Snowdon would film derelicts in London's doss
houses. Antonioni commented on the phenomenon
in " BLow Up" where his central character,
a fictitous version of a David Bailey, was drawn
to grim and guant subjects as far away from
gloss and glamour as he could go.
But
few have traveled as far as piel. By dealing
with blindness, he has entirely turned his back
on the world of visual experience. In his muted
colours, with his static camera, in his disinclination
to use the editing tricks of the fashion commercial,
piel denies everything he has learnt, everything
that is instinctive to this profession.......
That
a fashion photographer should seek some sort
of redemption in the story of a blind couple
isn't surprising. What is surprising is that
he has learned a new craft so quickly, that
he has learnt so quickly to tell a story in
a way that's antithetical to what he does for
a living. Every temptation to show off, and
most opportunities to make editorial comment,
are denied. piel's discipline throughout is
exemplary, and the minimalism of his approach
makes the story all but unedurable. This is
a film that you don't like watching. It's a
film that you wish was over. At the same time,
it's a film that you can neither excape nor
forget"
Philip
Adams 1994. The Australian
More reviews
> Dark Noir
> Variety
> Roxie Cinema
> UC Theatre
> Sydney Morning Herald
Write your own review or tell us your own Love Is Blind story, and mail it to contact@denispiel.com. |
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