‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Lands Criterion Streaming Date, Ira Sachs Joins ‘Meet The Filmmakers’ Interview Series — Clip

EXCLUSIVE: After a buzzy festival run and boutique theatrical release, Ira Sachs ’ latest feature, Peter Hujar’s Day , has landed a U.S. streaming release date. The film will be added to The Criterion Channel on January 27. Starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, Peter Hujar’s Day is a warm yet experimental chamber piece set around the re-creation of a real-life conversation that took place between photographer Peter Hujar (Whishaw) and writer Linda Rosenkrantz (Hall) in 1974. The official Criterion synopsis reads: In 1974, acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar describes the routines and rituals that define an artist’s life to his friend, the writer Linda Rosenkrantz, capturing a single day’s activities in touching and funny detail: from interactions with cultural icons of the day, including Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Susan Sontag, to the texture and energy of downtown New York in its heyday. Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall star in the elegant and intimate new piece from filmmaker Ira Sachs (Passages) - a dazzling showcase for the two performers at its centre - that is both a masterful portrait of a time & place and a captivating film about the way art emerges from the intimate details of everyday life. As part of the streaming release, Criterion has enlisted Sachs for its popular Meet The Filmmakers interview series, which will be available on the streamer. During the interview, Sachs discusses the origins of the project and how his screenplay differs from Linda Rosenkrantz’s original transcript of her discussions with Hujar, which inspired the film. Watch on Deadline You can check out a clip from the interview above.

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