Media Man

Danny Lyon and Nancy Lyon
Bleak Beauty Video

1994, New York, Mississippi, and New Mexico, color and B&W, 60 minutes. Bleak Beauty’s answer to CNN, NBC, and all things false and electronic. In which the filmmakers age 5 years in the production. Media Man begins in the filmmaker’s garden where Danny Lyon is growing “blemish free tomatoes” in the expectations of Jesse Helms, or “someone from the NEA” coming to dinner. Then smashing a large rotten pumpkin, Lyon announces that he is making “a film about America. The good America.” Then all hell breaks loose.

“Subtle, funny, quirky”
Jan-Christopher Horak, Senior Curator, G.E.H

“Danny and Nancy Lyon’s ‘Media Man’ is a documentary in search of the truth. . . totally honest and very funny.”
Phillip Brockman, Currator of Media Arts, The Concoran Gallery of Art

“A truly great film.”
James Enyeart, Director, George Eastman House

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The Films of Danny Lyon - Vimeo, DVD, and 16mm print rental
After his ground breaking work as a photojournalist in the 1960’s, Danny Lyon turned to films, making a series of non-fiction films in the 1970’s and 1980’s. With the recent recognition of the 2016 de Young/Whitney retrospective, funds were provided to preserve these remarkable 16mm films. High resolution digital scans were made from the original A&B negative rolls under the close supervision of the artist. The DVD covers themselves, first made for VHS tapes, have been recognized for their power and realism, and are on display at the San Francisco Museum of Art show which opened November 3^rd, 2016.
Interested in screening films by Danny Lyon? For booking inquiries please contact: Rebecca Lyon rlyon(a)chicagofilmsociety(dot)org
16mm prints of certain films are available for rental, please contact Anthology Film Archives for more information
The entire body of Danny Lyon 16mm film work can also be streamed on Vimeo. The sixties meets the twenty first century.
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