

THE CAMERA IS MAGIC
Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next thirty-five years, she captured the “surfaces” of those who visited her studio: families, Beat poets, rock stars, and Harvard notables. As pictures begin to fade and her retirement looms, Dorfman gives Errol Morris an inside tour of her backyard archive.
Ratings
3.5
Cast
Elsa Dorfman
Self

Errol Morris
Self

Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)

W.H. Auden
Self (archive footage)

Joni Mitchell
Self (archive footage)

Bob Dylan
Self (archive footage)

Anaïs Nin
Self (archive footage)

Andrea Dworkin
Self (archive footage)
Andrew Wylie
Self (archive footage)
Victor Bockris
Self (archive footage)
Gail Mazur
Self (archive footage)
Harvey Silverglate
Self (archive footage)
Audre Lorde
Self (archive footage)
Anne Sexton
Self (archive footage)
Peter Orlovsky
Self (archive footage)

Jack Elliott
Self (archive footage)
Ed Sanders
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Executive Producer
Line Producer
Associate Producer
Co-Producer
Art Direction
Supervising Sound Editor
Sound Effects Editor
Dialogue Editor
Visual Effects
Director
Cinematography
Original Music Composer
Producer
Editor
Details
Release Date
2017-06-30
Runtime
76 min
Original Language
English
Languages
English
Production Companies
Fourth Floor Productions
Moxie Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Genres
Documentary