Film Review – Bert Stern: Original Madman

The Bert Stern that we know is the legendary advertising and celebrity
photographer, a man with a singular eye for feminine beauty and
unforgettable composition, building his career on iconic pictures, most
notably of Marilyn Monroe just before she passed away in 1962. The Bert
Stern of the “Original Madman” documentary is an older gentleman with
limited patience, allowing his longtime infatuation, director Shannah
Laumeister, to track his life and career, interviewing the subject
seemingly whenever she could find five minutes of his undivided
attention. Candid but cold, “Bert Stern: Original Madman” remains a
riveting sit, granted front-row access to an obsessive mind and a
startling artistic visionary.
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