The Delirious Fictions Of William Klein - Eclipse Series 9
William Klein's explosive New York street photography made him one of the most heralded artists of the fifties. An American expatriate in Paris, Klein has also been making challenging cinema for more than forty years, yet with the exc eption of his acclaimed 1969 documentary Muhammad Ali, the Greatest, his film work is barely known in the United States. In his three fiction features — Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, Mr. Freedom, and The Model Couple — he skewers the fashion industry, American imperialism, and governmental mind control with hilarious, cutting aplomb. Today Klein's politically galvanizing social critiques seem even more acute than the works of the more famous New Wavers that overshadowed them. These are colorful, surreal antidotes to all forms of social oppression.
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