Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue vs Obsessed with Light

Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for Obsessed with Light). Obsessed with Light is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 47m. Obsessed with Light is the older of the two (2023 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue posterBeyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue2024 VS Obsessed with Light posterObsessed with Light2023
Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit IssueObsessed with Light
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 8.0/10
Year20242023
Length1h 47m1h 30m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country––
DirectorJill CampbellSabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum
Main castTyra Banks, Elle Macpherson, Paulina Porizkova, Cheryl Tiegs, Christie BrinkleyCherry Jones

Synopsis

Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue

In the 1960s, Jule Campbell shattered glass ceilings, transforming a struggling sports magazine into a media empire: the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The documentary chronicles Jule's 32-year reign, where she championed intelligence and empowered supermodels like Tyra Banks, Christie Brinkley, and Elle Macpherson. Weaving together her journey with feminism's evolution, the film explores the changing gaze on beauty, from objectification to…

Obsessed with Light

Loïe Fuller, stage name of Marie Louise Fuller: the American actress and dancer trained in burlesque, circuses and variety shows who, in the 1890s, signed by the Folies Bergère of Paris, became a star. She was portrayed by Toulouse-Lautrec, loved by the symbolists, the inspiration for Art Nouveau, in her shows she combined dance, spirals of fabric and light, reflected from behind or from below through the glass floor that she had created. She…

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