A piece of work follows an eventful year in riverss life, as she puts on an autobiographical play in britain and stars on nbcs the apprentice. Shes a pioneer, an icon, and a consummate survivor, but in the ruthlessly honest documentary joan rivers. The film follows joan rivers for 14 months, mostly during the 76th year of her life. Ebert writes about rivers toughasnails exterior with equal measures of admiration and wariness. Right now, he says flatly, they see her as a plastic surgery freak whos past due. Sundance film festival joan rivers on a piece of work and why leno isnt funny.
Joan rivers a piece of work 2010 1080p bluray x264handjob. Watch an unreleased clip of ricki sterns documentary on joan rivers. In one stretch in this film she closes a show in toronto, flies overnight to palm springs, does a gig, flies overnight to minneapolis, and performs another one. Of course, being the rougharoundtheedges person that she is, her concern comes across as condescending but for me, that made these moments all the more genuine. This revealing documentary follows the life and career of joan rivers, a veteran comedienne arguably more known for her extensive plastic surgery than for her talent. Joan alexandra molinsky june 8, 1933 september 4, 2014, known professionally as joan rivers, was an american comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host. It premiered at the san francisco international film festival at the castro theatre on may 6, 2010. West coast editor krista smith at the sundance film festival about the new documentary about her life, a piece of work, why leno isnt funny and why conan should be.
A piece of work opens with an extremely tight shot of rivers at the mirror. A piece of work is a 2010 documentary film about the life and career of comedian joan rivers. Among the films many moments of surprising poignancy, two in particular. Here she is breaking ground on their soho location in 1995. For joan rivers, it was an extraordinary 2010 documentary called joan rivers. Joan rivers a piece of work is appropriately funny, accessible and entertaining, but is also, above all else, moving. Details include the date it was added to netflix in the usa, any known expiry dates and new episodesseasons, the ratings and. Along the way, almost incidentally, by showing us a woman in her mid70s still driven to pursue this life of stress and punishment, it. She was noted for her often controversial comedic personaheavily selfdeprecating and sharply acerbic, especially towards celebrities and politicians. In this never seen before footage, the comedienne mourns her dog by buying a new puppy.
This documentary follows one year in the life of joan rivers, who sees herself first and foremost as an actress, with her life as a. Spaceballs topic channel subscribe subscribed unsubscribe 179. A piece of work is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. A piece of work here is all the information you need about joan rivers.
Home trending history get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports. A piece of work 2010 pelicula completa online gratis en torrent, hd, 720p, 1080p and descargar. Ifc films the cameras follow trailblazing comic, joan rivers, for a year and cover her entire career from her break on the carson show, to her heartbreak over the suicide of her husband, and her role on. Get an adfree experience with special benefits, and directly support reddit. If the filmmakers didnt have total access, i dont want to see what they missed. Paul brill with amber rubarth billy introduction 3. By every objective standard, joan rivers has reached the pinnacle of success in comedy.
A piece of work, we spend just short of 90 minutes watching a textbook example of this. A piece of work takes us on a year long ride with the irreverent comedian and pop icon joan rivers, peeling away the mask of the legendary performer, laying bare both the struggle and thrill of living life as a groundbreaking female performer. Rivers with all her personality, her helpful nature while visiting, and talking with people in new york city and the love and drive she had for life. A piece of work, the celebrated 2010 documentary about the temperamental seasons that befell the comedians career, is as much a revelatory exploration of rivers legacy as it is a searing portrait of a life married to showbiz aspirations and the mercurial treatment hollywood sometimes bestows on its most devout denizens. A piece of work 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Early in ricki stern and anne sundebergs extraordinary documentary portrait joan rivers. Joan rivers was truly a pioneer for women in comedy and she will always be so missed. The opening shot of this loving look at the ups and downs of being joan rivers is an uncomfortably tight closeup of the 77yearolds stretchedtaffy. A piece of work, rivers behaves as if her fragile sense of selfworth will dissipate completely if a crowd at an indian casino in wisconsin doesnt guffaw heartily at every wisecrack and adlib. In order to get under their skin, it takes a special kind of lens. A piece of work exerts a carwreck fascination as it examines the comedians life and career. Piece of work allows the audience to view joan rivers as a human when most in my generation have only known her as a caricaturelike presence. For some kinds of people, there is no greater poison than to be ignored, and in the documentary joan rivers. Peeling away the mask of an iconic comedian and exposing the.
A piece of work takes the audience on a yearlong ride with joan rivers in her 76th year of life. A piece of work, a movie that not only exposed her talent but helps us understand who she was as a person. Peeling away the mask of an iconic comedian and exposing the struggles, sacrifices and joy of living life as a ground breaking female performer. A piece of work 1 hours and 24 minutes movie 2010 this documentary follows one year in the life of joan rivers, who sees herself first and foremost as an actress, with her life as a comediennewriter just an extension of being an actress. Empty park city audiences who know joan rivers only for plastic surgery and timefilling redcarpet banter are in for something else with joan rivers. A piece of work topic channel subscribe subscribed unsubscribe 10. Joan rivers on a piece of work and why leno isnt funny. A piece of work, the legendary comics manager offers up an assessment of the general perception of his client. A documentary on the life and career of joan rivers, made as the comedienne turns 75 years old. Critics love the film and say, for those who know rivers only from her redcarpet. She was a hoot andas her documentary called hera piece of work, but she was about being authentic. A piece of work with the strong appreciation that only one warhorse can offer another.
Flamboyant exhibitionism and stoic masochism have rarely been more visibly wired together in a performers dynamo than in this funny, complex portrait, onstage and off, of comedian joan rivers. A piece of work, the famous, and famously strident, comedienne tells us. A piece of work, a documentary about the comediennes efforts to retain her career, is playing at the mary riepma ross media arts center this weekend. The film explores her early years in the comedy industry and touches on her longtime professional relationship with johnny carson, who is one of many celebrities featured, along with george carlin, phyllis diller, kathy griffin. That, at least, is what i thought after watching twice the documentary joan rivers. A piece of work official soundtrack by paul brill, released 20 june 2010 1. A piece of work marks the pbs premiere of the documentary for which pbs now has exclusive broadcast rights.
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