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Peter Hujar’s Day with Ira Sachs and Bette Gordon (Ep. 580)
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Peter Hujar’s Day with Ira Sachs and Bette Gordon (Ep. 580)
Director Ira Sachs discusses his new film, Peter Hujar’s Day, with fellow DirectorBette Gordon in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses discovering the story beats from the original 35-page writing, being inventive with blocking for a feature about a sit-down interview, and shooting in a style reminiscent of films of that era.
Based on the book by Linda Rosenkrantz, the film tells the story of a single day in 1974 when Rosenkrantz and groundbreaking queer photographer Peter Hujar engaged in a freewheeling, intimate conversation. Sharing vivid stories of his interactions with literary and cultural icons like William Burroughs, Susan Sontag and Allen Ginsberg, Hujar reflects on the rhythms of everyday life in 1970s New York.
See photos and a summary of this event below:
https://www.dga.org/events/2025/december2025/peterhujarsday_qna_1125