Saturday, January 27, 2018

10 Movies to Watch When You're Missing Mad Men, Part 4

The next two movies on my list are documentaries, one of them so aligned with Mad Men, that it's even referred to in the subtitle! Famed New York graphic designer Milton Glaser is the subject of the documentary, 4)To Inform and Delight: the World of Milton Glaser. Glaser, the first, and so far, the only graphic arts designer to receive the National Medal of Arts award, is the artist behind such iconic images as the I Love New York logo, the Bob Dylan Greatest Hits poster, and the DC Comics logo. He also co-founded New York magazine. And, perhaps not so coincidentally, he also designed the key art for the final season of Mad Men! 
Photographer Bert Stern is the subject of the documentary 3) Bert Stern: Original Mad Man, directed by his wife, Shannah Laumeister. A famed portrait photographer who was arguably one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century, Stern photographed Marilyn Monroe in a series of portraits done six weeks before her death, famously called "The Last Sitting." Handsome and debonair, Stern (almost) lost it all in the mid-70's when he became addicted to amphetamines. Able to bounce back, he remained vital and productive almost till the end of his life, at the age of 83, in 2013.

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