My first photography film in many months and something of a disappointment. The subject is not interested in being filmed or discussing his work - which is admirable, actually - and spends a lot of time grumbling and wondering why anyone wants to make a film about him. Much of the footage comes from a period when the 80-year old photographer was in the process of organizing his cluttered existence and so when he is not out walking the neighborhood with his camera, we get interior shots of the subject and an assistant digging through boxes. Perhaps because I am unfamiliar with Leiter's work, which this film doesn't do much to showcase or contextualize, I found it slow, plodding, and largely uninspiring. Perhaps the most amazing thing about the subject is that he has lived in the same apartment for over five decades and for a similar period documented the same neighborhood. In two or three hundred years his work will be incredibly valuable.
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