The kevyn aucoin documentary is finally happening allure. The kevyn aucoin story, will make its debut at the 25th hamptons international film festival, which is scheduled to run from october 5 to 9. The kevyn aucoin story movie clip cher 2018 documentary. Kevyn, one of four adopted children, grew up in the less than accepting burg of shreveport, louisiana. Fourteen years after his tragic death, a kevyn aucoin documentary will highlight the makeup artists legendary life and the indelible impact he made on fashion, beauty, and culture. Enter city, state or zip code go fandango fanalert.
We sat down with the films director, tiffany bartok, to talk about the process of creating the doc. Director and makeup artist tiffany bartok paints a beautiful and deeply personal portrait of a man who, as both and artist and lgbtq advocate, dedicated his life to elevating the inner. A pioneer of contour techniques, makeup artist kevyn aucoins meteoric rise to fame in the 80s and 90s was legendary. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing larger than life. It is also the story of his lifelong struggle with acromegaly a growth hormone disorder and the inner demons that conspired to cut his life short. The film was produced in association with vinyl foote productions and matador content. A look into the meteoric rise of famed makeup artist kevyn larger than life. The kevyn aucoin story, filmmaker tiffany bartok a makeup artist herself uses archival footage of aucoin and interviews with family, friends, models and more to paint an intimate portrait of a man who sought to expand the definition of beauty through every face he touched. Legendary makeup artist kevyn aucoin arrived in new york city from the small town of lafayette, louisiana after spending his childhood expressing himself through drawing, painting, and makeup application.
Support the stranger more than ever, we depend on your. A new kevyn aucoin documentary will make you want to. A new kevyn aucoin documentary will make you want to revisit this extreme 90s beauty trend the larger than life. From the age of 11, kevyn aucoin was sure that he wanted to be a makeup artist, so sure that he left his small town of lafayette, louisiana for new york to pursue it. Documentary film about legendary makeup artist kevyn aucoin. The kevyn aucoin story takes a look at some of the celebrities kevyn worked. May 23, 2018 aucoins largerthanlife personality comes across vividly he was also 61.
The kevyn aucoin story explores the life of the iconic makeup artist who transformed the profession into a prominent and influential art form. Find bestselling products for contouring, sculpting, and highlighting. Shop the official site for award winning beauty products from kevyn aucoin, the master of artistry. The kevyn aucoin story held its world premiere at the 25th hamptons film festival in october 2017 and its new york city premiere at doc nyc in november 2017.
Larger than life is a feature documentary about the extraordinary life of the first celebrity makeup artist, kevyn aucoin. The kevyn aucoin story 2017 129 min documentary click to watch or download. Jul 18, 2018 in the new documentary larger than life. The difference with larger than life, a profile of kevyn aucoin, is that documentaries about makeup designers are fewer and far between. The kevyn aucoin story will premiere at the 2017 doc nyc film festival on november 16.
At times a full anthology of 90s beauty, at others an allegory of the pitfalls of fame and fortune, larger than life. Italy sees fashion sales hit due to china virus, pandora warns of business freeze. Aucoins largerthanlife personality comes across vividly he was also 61. Moving to new york city from small town louisiana in the early 1980s, kevyn aucoin found acceptance as a gay man and success in the. The kevyn aucoin story will premiere this weekend at the 25th hamptons international film festival. A pioneer of contour techniques, makeup artist kevyn aucoins meteoric rise to fame in the 80s. The kevyn aucoin story 2018 official trailer hd duration. Jul 06, 2018 the difference with larger than life, a profile of kevyn aucoin, is that documentaries about makeup designers are fewer and far between. His innovative approach led to him being in such demand amongst models and, later, musicians and film stars, that he also helped to invent the profession of makeup artist, turning work that had previously been done by the stars themselves into a specialism.
Christy turlington, cher, tori amos, naomi campbell, kate moss, paulina porizkova, brooke shields paese. Jul 30, 2018 coming to vod tomorrow, tuesday, july 31. Actress and former makeup artist tiffany bartok will direct larger than life, the kevyn aucoin story, featuring christy turlington burns, naomi. The kevyn aucoin story, will feature the makeup artist in a mix of public and more intimate light, as it is said to. A portrait of a toosoondeparted fashion world pioneer.
Sep 14, 2016 fourteen years after his tragic death, a kevyn aucoin documentary will highlight the makeup artists legendary life and the indelible impact he made on fashion, beauty, and culture. In search of relief from the confusion and isolation stemming from his sexual identity and constant bullying. Kevyn aucoin more or less invented modern makeup styling. The kevyn aucoin story chronicles the legacy of aucoin, from his humble beginnings in louisiana, to his successful rise to the top as a makeup artist in the 80s and 90s. Overcoming all obstacles laid before him in his small. Jul 31, 2018 one of the people responsible for that evolution is kevyn aucoin the last name pronounced ahkwan. The kevyn aucoin story movie clip celebrities 2018 documentary movie hd. The kevyn aucoin story, paints a picture of the man who painted so many famous faces through oneonone interviews with. Young, eager, and very talented, kevyn created a name for himself through his technique and warm personality.
Kevyn aucoin documentary will premiere at the hamptons film. The kevyn aucoin story is a documentary that deconstructs the rise and. Listen to trailer music, ost, original score, and the full list of popular songs in the film. Celebrities thorndike press large print download full ebook. It is an intimate scrapbook of kevyns life, work, and very famous clients, including cher, tina turner, and whitney houston. Watch the clip titled celebrities for the film larger than life.
Makeup artist kevyn aucoin doc in the works exclusive. The kevyn aucoin story documentary with sandy linter. The kevyn aucoin story 2017 129 min documentary click here to download. The kevyn aucoin story is a well constructed, wartsandall documentary that probes issues of creativity, sexual identity, and celebrity culture. It also uncovers the mystery surrounding aucoins untimely death in 2002. The man who transformed oprah, julia roberts, and naomi. Larger than life is a delightful deep dive, filled with intimate interviews with kevyn, the sisters on whom he practiced his craft as a burgeoning fashionista, and the 1980s supermodels he glorifiedlinda, christy, naomi, paulina, cindy, brooke, and kate. Unrated legendary makeup artist kevyn aucoin arrived in. Larger than life is as fascinating and flamboyant as its subject. Larger than life the kevyn aucoin story new movie clip.
But she never manages to elevate the film beyond the formulaic rise and fall of a tortured artist. Jul 20, 2018 aucoin revolutionized the once iconic skinny brow trend and served as makeup artist and friend to celebrity powerhouses that we still refer to by first names i. The kevyn aucoin story, paints a picture of the man who painted so many famous faces through oneonone interviews with naomi campbell, cher, christy turlington, kate moss, linda. Iconic clients, friends, and family retrace his life, career, and mysterious death at the height of his fame in 2002. It also features priceless archival fashion footage, as well as kevyn, refusing to. With christy turlington, tori amos, kevyn aucoin, naomi campbell. Sep 11, 2016 actress and former makeup artist tiffany bartok will direct larger than life, the kevyn aucoin story, featuring christy turlington burns, naomi campbell, cindy crawford, linda evangelista, kate. The kevyn aucoin story is a documentary that deconstructs the rise and untimely death of one beautys biggest iconsand its a must see for 90s fanatics and makeup.
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