Don Quixote on the streets of new york

We Are Dressed for Bill is not a literal translation of the Chinese name of the documentary bill cunningham new york. This is what anna wintour (anna wintour), the prototype of the devil wearing Prada, said.

The reason for saying this is that the whole fashion industry in new york is proud of being caught by Bill in the street.

I don't think Bill will be proud of it, but he really wants everyone to dress "interesting" so that he can indulge in taking pictures.

The biggest difficulty in filming such a documentary is not how hard the filming process is, but that it takes a lot of effort to convince Bill to accept the filming before filming, which took eight years alone.

Bill is a maverick. For decades, he has been sweeping the streets of new york, catching what he thinks is interesting to wear.

His attention is only on clothes, and he doesn't even care who the other person is. He is familiar with many stars, but he thinks they are "boring to wear" and can't arouse their interest.

Some people may think that this kind of words is purely pretending to be X. In my opinion, the definition of "pretending" lies in the difference between knowing and doing, but Bill has spent his whole life putting it into practice.

As for the permission to shoot, perhaps it is because the first condition of "not preventing him from shooting people on the street" is met that directors and photographers get privileges.

There is a scene in the movie where Bill was insulted by someone after he captured their photo. At this moment, Bill smiled lightly and left.

As you can imagine, this situation has happened countless times, and laughing it off is Bill's coping style that he has practiced for many years.

Of course, it is normal for passers-by to have this reaction. They may not know that this is actually an extremely simple and persistent old man.

Bill's life is completely focused on street shooting, and everything else seems less important. This alone makes him more like an artist than those well-dressed stars.

Bill likes taking pictures of clothes, but his own style is unchangeable. A blue cleaner coat of the same style is favored by him because of its wear resistance. He didn't want to waste time buying clothes, so this dress became his signature dress.

The vehicle is a bicycle, because it shuttles through the streets and lanes, which is convenient for shooting. Of course, bicycles are often stolen.

Except for a small bed, all the other places are magazines and cabinets for storing documents, all of which are his masterpieces. Living environment and other factors are out of his consideration, because he spends most of his time shooting in the street.

If you don't eat and you can't die, I think Bill will give up all the delicious food decisively.

However, artists are not gods, but ordinary people who will die if they don't eat. Bill also has the normal needs of ordinary people.

When the director asked questions about feelings and beliefs, he bowed his head and was silent for a long time.

Bill didn't reveal more information, but everyone who watched the movie was moved by his sadness because his reaction was so real.

Bill said, "I just want to tell the truth ... but it's almost impossible in new york. It's really hard to keep an honest attitude in new york ... just like Don Quixote against windmills ... "

Now we mostly use the adjective "precious" to judge a person's truth. But on the other hand, isn't truth the most basic thing? How sad it is that a society has really become "valuable".

After watching the movie, I learned that Bill had passed away on June 25th, 20th16th.

Bill's life reminds me of the sentence in Farewell My Concubine, "Don't talk unless you are crazy."

Cheng Dieyi was forced by the times and had a rough life.

Although Bill didn't have smooth sailing, he had been engaged in the work he loved until his death. It can be seen from his street shooting in the movie that he is happy.