McCurry: The Pursuit of Colour vs On the Impossibility of an Homage

On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for McCurry: The Pursuit of Colour). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 32m. McCurry: The Pursuit of Colour is the older of the two (2022 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

McCurry: The Pursuit of Colour posterMcCurry: The Pursuit of Colour2022 VS On the Impossibility of an Homage posterOn the Impossibility of an Homage2024
McCurry: The Pursuit of ColourOn the Impossibility of an Homage
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 10.0/10
Year20222024
Length1h 32m19m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Germany
DirectorDenis DelestracXandra Popescu
Main castSteve McCurryGabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu

Synopsis

McCurry: The Pursuit of Colour

If something of import has taken place in our lifetimes, chances are that Steve McCurry has photographed it, from the wars in the Arab world to the 9/11 attacks. Denis Delestrac’s documentary on the photographer charts McCurry’s journey through a restless life spent on constant move, chronicling our times and living with the intense loneliness and trauma that came along with his work. Today, surrounded by a loving family, McCurry is finally…

On the Impossibility of an Homage

Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.

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