Hasta La Ideas

As you may have deduced, we at UnBeige are rather obsessed by documentary films, and 2009 delivered in a big way: Helvetica director Gary Hustwit continued his beautifully shot journey into the world of design with Objectified, Megumi Sasaki created a tender portrait of Herb & Dorothy, R.J. Cutler helped the talented Grace Coddington grow her fan base by millions with his fascinating The September Issue, and Matt Tyrnauer revealed his brilliance as both a filmmaker and a marketing man with Valentino: The Last Emperor, which deserved every one of the 286 sumptuous fêtes thrown in its honor. Merle Becker‘s American Artifact, as you may recall, chronicles the rise of American rock poster art. And while you go and circle March 27 on your new 2010 calendar as the date of the DVD release, we wanted to share with you an artifactual tale about the making of the film. In this helpful story about how not to interview Frank Kozik, Becker described to us her fateful meeting with the rock poster legend:

Frank Kozik is the artist that is generally regarded as the one who “single-handedly revived the [rock poster] scene.” He helped to make it what we know it as today. Going into Frank’s interview, I knew it was very important to ‘nail it,’ or else a crucial part of the movie would be missing. So, I won’t say I was nervous, but let’s just say, I was extra prepared for this one; questions written and re-written, equipment checked, then checked again, alarm set an hour early…the whole bit.

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