Interview John Maloof and Charlie Siskel 'Finding Vivian Maier'

28. TEDDY AWARD im Rahmen der 64. Internationalen Filmfestspiele Berlin
Interview with John Maloof and Charlie Siskel - both director of the film 'Finding Vivian Maier'
Interview by Philipp Schmidt
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'Finding Vivian Maier'
UA, 2014
Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
An older gay couple in a city in northern Italy talk about their decades-long relationship. A man describes how he was physically abused by his father because of his sexual identity. Another, who had a high-flying career, recounts a sexually fulfilled life and mentions numerous homosexual politicians. Gay men from across the social classes and regions of the country have their say and discuss the different conditions which determined gay life in Italy. Their stories recall isolation, discrimination, suffering and violence, but also reveal designs for a happy life. There is a discomfiting and controversial discrepancy between the reality of the individual accounts and the media coverage. The latter often portrays gay people with a discriminatory irony or is manipulating and vitriolic, especially where intellectuals are concerned. With Felice chi è diverso, Gianni Amelio relates a gay history of Italy since fascist times. His anthropological study becomes a cultural history of the country. His analysis of social conditions is both moving and enraging and refuses to allow the audience to remain indifferent.
Charlie Siskel
Charlie Siskel, is an Emmy nominated TV and film writer, director and producer. He lives and works in Los Angeles. His work in film includes the documentaries 'Bowling for Columbine'. The movie won the Oscar for the best documentary. 'Finding Vivian Maier' is his directorial debut.
John Maloof
John Maloof is a filmmaker, photographer and historian. He is the chief curator of Vivian Maier’s work and editor of the book Vivian Maier: 'Finding Vivian Maier' is his directorial debut.
'Finding Vivian Maier' is the first the first cinematic collaboration of Siskel and Maloof.