Topic: BBC4 TV - Don McCullin - Looking for England

[Klaus]

4-2-2019
available on BBC iPlayer (UK only)

[Late Developer]

Thanks for posting this, Klaus. 

I might be wrong but this may have been timed to coincide with the Don McCullin exhibition which opens at Tate Britain (not Tate Modern) today.  The exhibition is on until the 6th May.

I'll be trying to get to this.

[Jeff Warden]

And for those interested, a recent article from the NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/arts/design/don-mccullin-tate-britain.html?fbclid=IwAR3j28Zui4VshKyHILP0KNhK6LiRo3Zgy77o0brKTrkEiC2d_8Fks1XuX48

[irv_b]

I watched this last night and I felt a bit  let down.
 I enjoyed it but I thought that it was very manufactured and didn't really get into him as a photographer or his philosophy but it seemed to me as a documentary for the sake of it, maybe to just promote the exhibition.  I'll make a final judgement after I see it at the Tate

[Late Developer]

I watched this last night and I felt a bit  let down.
 I enjoyed it but I thought that it was very manufactured and didn't really get into him as a photographer or his philosophy but it seemed to me as a documentary for the sake of it, maybe to just promote the exhibition.  I'll make a final judgement after I see it at the Tate

Hi Irv,
I enjoyed it but agree that it was a bit patchy. Have you seen McCullin (the documentary film) that came out in 2012?  If not, I'd really recommend it as it is, IMO, a much better piece.  Also, I can recommend "Unreasonable Behaviour" as Don McC's autobiography. 

[irv_b]

Thanks Paul I will look out for the autobiography and search out the docu on youtube or somewhere.