Peter Hujar’s Day

In 1974, writer Linda Rosenkrantz and photographer Peter Hujar tape-recorded a conversation in her New York apartment. The subject of the meeting was the account of a day in the life of the celebrated artist, one of the protagonists of New York’s cultural scene in the 1970s and 1980s. Set entirely in Rosenkrantz’s Manhattan apartment and masterfully performed by Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall—who recite that real conversation word for word—Ira Sachs freely and imaginatively recreates that afternoon. Hujar vividly describes his relationships with other renowned figures of the time, including Allen Ginsberg, Susan Sontag, and William S. Burroughs, as well as the struggles of living with limited financial means. A magical journey into the bohemian New York of the 1970s, into artistic creation, and into the heart of a friendship.