Attention: Academy Award Voters

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One of the nominees for 2014

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE  is













If the film did
nothing more
than exhibit
her photographs...

...than  FINDING VIVIAN MAIER
would have been an interesting,
aesthetically satisfying film
but certainly unworthy
of an award.


However, that is not the case.

Not by a long shot.


What makes it obvious
that this documentary
is about more than a
large collection of
stunning photos
is the first word
of the title:

FINDING Vivian Maier


The photographer not only
never exhibited her work
but absolutely no one
was aware that she
had taken any
photographs
worthy of
exhibit.

Vivian Maier's story is mostly told
by a dozen people for whom
she worked as a nanny
for their children
or the children
who are now
full-grown
adults.

Ms. Maier  was an attic-dwelling
governess for numerous families
in Chicago.

She insisted on having
numerous locks on
her door.

She was known as
nothing more than a nanny!

The co-star of this documentary
is a young man named
John Maloof  who
bought a bunch
of boxes.


I will not say anything more
than that about John
but were it not
for the stuff
in those
boxes...

You would be looking at nothing
but blank space on this page.

The next Vivian Maier page is  here.

If the next paragraph does not
apply to you, read no more
than that.


For those of you who appreciate
both reincarnation AND
serious literature...


In a former life,
John Maloof was  Max Brod
and Vivian Maier was
an  office clerk
named  Franz.
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