![]() Robert Lopez quite literally stumbled into this career, and it's quite interesting to watch the way he handles it, creating a fully formed character and then going far beyond the obvious comedy value to use El Vez as a mouthpiece for political and social awareness. This fairly entertaining documentary about the Latino Elvis impersonator El Vez is notable in the way it explores the entire idea of instant celebrity. With Robert Lopez, Lena Marie, Pinky Villandry, Jose David Saldivar, Pierre Smith, Crissy Guerrero, Michelle Habell-Pallan, Ruby Blackstock, Michel Chanelle, Jimmy Evans, Armando Paul Bustomante, Kristian Hoffman But frankly it should be a separate film. OK, there's a tenuous connection through Johnson's presence in the Shepherd scenes, and it is indeed wonderful material. Only the Faye segments fail to address this theme, making them feel wedged in here only because Weber loved her music (and rightly so!) and because he had such terrific footage of and about her. Weber's freeform approach here is effective, and his images are always striking and surprisingly moving, drawing out a real soul-connection between the various people that has universal meaning. The main theme here is the relationship between a photographer and his subject, and in this is also brought out brilliantly in short docs about the Brazilian jujitsu champ Gracie, the surfing Fletcher family and touching bits involving actor Vincent, the British explorer Thesiger and water polo player-turned-model Aquilon. This material is interlaced with: a look at the life of jazz singer Faye, including extensive conversations with her long-time partner Shepherd a series of "studio conversations" looking at famous photographers and their famous subjects and very lively conversations with Vogue editor Vreeland. This rather odd documentary feels like a combination of about four unfinished docs, punctuated by random shots of beautiful men accompanied by unconnected voiceovers featuring nostalgic memories of days gone by! The title comes from a camera club created to photograph and film the strikingly beautiful Johnson, a late-teen wrestler from Wisconsin who's photographed in a variety of gorgeous locations and who narrates the film with Weber like a director-star DVD commentary. ![]() ![]() Release US 5.Oct.01 Edinburgh Film Fest Aug.01 With Peter Johnson, Teri Shepherd, Frances Faye, Rickson Gracie, Diana Vreeland, Naomi Campbell, Jeff Aquilon, Christian Fletcher, Wilfred Thesiger, Jan Michael Vincent, Robert Mitchum, Judy Garland On this page: CHOP SUEY | EL REY DE ROCK N ROLL | SCOUT'S HONOR| THE TRUTH ABOUT GAY SEX | WEBCAM BOYS Shadows on the Wall: FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWSįestival films that get a general release get their own review pages.
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