Just like its namesake, Chop Suey is a delicious mix of ingredients, both amusing and flavorsome. Bruce Weber introduces gorgeous teenage wrestling star, Peter Johnson, to his personal universe. Whether recreating the music and life of cabaret star Frances Faye, appreciating the wily wit of Diana Vreeland, or considering his own world-class collection of still photographs, Weber imparts a deeply felt humanity. He is a man for whom love, loyalty, friendship, humor and beauty is all important. Chop Suey brilliantly encompasses Webers myriad passions and fantasies, his almost Peter Pan like relationship to those objects of desire the rest of us experience in glossy magazines or towering billboards.
CHOP SUEY
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- Direction: Bruce Weber
- Cinematography: Lance Accord, Douglas Cooper, Jim Fealy
- Editing: Angelo Corrao
- Sound: Stan Bochner
- Production: Zeitgeist Films
- Producers: Bruce Weber
- Format: 35mm
- Color: B&W
- Production Country: USA
- Production Year: 2001
- Duration: 98'
Bruce Weber
Bruce Weber was born on March 29, 1946 in Greenburg, Pennsylvania. He has been a dynamic force in fashion and portraiture photography for more than two decades. He has photographed for virtually every major magazine, has 16 books to his credit, and his work has been exhibited in over 60 galleries and museums. Weber is equally acclaimed for his filmmaking and has produced seven short and feature length movies, two of which won Best Documentary awards from the International Documentary Association. Lets Get Lost was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. Weber has directed music videos for Chris Isaak and the Pet Shop Boys, the latter winning Music Weeks Video of the Year. He is currently finishing a documentary he filmed with the late Robert Mitchum, in which the actor talks about moviemaking, politics, women and his life.
