Killers Kill, Dead Men Die by Annie Leibovitz
September 11, 2007 // Magazine + Photography
The amazing Annie Leibovitz has created an incredible fashion spread in the new issue of Vanity Fair called Killers Kill, Dead Men Die, which is shot in a style that mimics film noirs. Leibovitz said that she wanted to create “a sense of continuity to the Hollywood Issue”, so she wrangled up the best that Hollywood had to offer to fill her story. There are near 40 major actors, actresses, and even a director in there, which includes Anjelica Huston, Ed Norton, Forest Whitaker, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone, and the always amazing, Jack Nicholson.
The spread has a loose narrative, and generally follows the main elements and narratives that film noir usually carried. There are femme fatales, private detectives, reporters, jealous women, hard-boiled cops, the whole nine yards. What Leibovitz did magnificently, was trying to recapture the spirit, and intrigue, and darkness of film noir. All of the clothing is modern clothing, but it all has that vintage feel that make you think that you’re looking into the past.
The photos look so amazing, and it’s also pretty fun going through each image to see who plays which characters!
Click the link below to see the rest of the images from the shoot!
Bobby
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Wow, this stuff is great. Are the bigger ensembles photos seperate shots put together, or are they really one big shoot? I’d love to hear the conversations with all those people together.
I like the funeral and the body-in-the-rain shots the best. Fat Alec Baldwin ruins the mess-you-up Aaron Eckhart photo with still-lookin’-good Labyrinth and Rocketeer’s Jennifer Connelly. I also like that they got some awesome “newer talent” (fame, not resumes)like Adam Beach and James McAvoy.
Comment by Garrett — September 12, 2007 #
I would pay $50/ticket at least 3 times to see a movie with this cast in this genra and I would buy a BluRay player just to be able to watch this again and again!!!!!!
Comment by Mexi-can — January 23, 2008 #
encapsulating and inspiring, the cast, the clothes, Leibovitz works take on so many meanings for me of reality and surrealism.
Comment by olivia — April 4, 2008 #
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Pingback by unikissan blogi — June 26, 2008 #
wow. shes a genius. i love annies work!
Comment by wow — July 11, 2008 #
Agree with Mexi-can.
Why didn’t she just make a movie out of this? People would have paid hundreds of dollars to go see it. It’s a shame when a photographer has to show filmmakers how to do their jobs…
Comment by Fabulous Rice — October 24, 2008 #
what an inspiration!
and no perfect timing like this, just starting my cinematography project.
Comment by Naomi x — November 12, 2008 #
this is absolutely fantastic, stumbled upon this researching a film noir illustration project
Comment by Richard — February 10, 2009 #
amamamamamamamamaamazingggggggggggg
Comment by lisa — March 15, 2009 #
I love her…
Comment by Lucie — March 22, 2009 #
[...] Esse editorial de filmes noir com celebridades também é de cortar os pulsos de lindo. [...]
Pingback by Annie Leibovitz… a retratista. | Blog da Thaís Losso — May 30, 2009 #
I WISH I COULD TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS LIKE ANNIE LEIBOWITZ!!! she is the biggest inspiration to me and i really admire her work…she is a legend and has created many legendary photographs.
How can you manage to get so many incredibly famous people together for a photoshoot, make it as controversial as possible and pull it off so stunningly?? only annie leibowitz can do something like that!!!
Im off to do a few photography courses….
Comment by matilda — July 4, 2009 #
I am an ardent fan of such a genius,pure peotry and passion captured by her in every shot
Comment by most inspiring — July 17, 2009 #
[...] Esse editorial de filmes noir com celebridades também é de cortar os pulsos de lindo. [...]
Pingback by Annie Leibovitz… a retratista. « Blog da Thais Losso — July 31, 2009 #
Hype and obsession with celebrities. In essence a full bag of emptiness. I’d rather go to a museum and admire the works by Rembrand, Renoir and Otto Dix.
Comment by heiner kolper — August 1, 2009 #
Absolutely breath taking. She’s telling a wonderful story with each portrait not only with where everyone is positioned but also with the actor/actress past works.
Comment by Andy — August 6, 2009 #
[...] Fair em comemoração dos 13 anos da edição especial sobre Hollywood, que ganhou o nome de “Killers Kill, Dead Men Die”. Todas as fotos foram inspiradas em filmes Noir, diretores e vários atores hollywoodianos foram [...]
Pingback by Annie Liebovitz | Imagem, Papel e Fúria — August 10, 2009 #
I think that the set si so awesome because there are so many great actors in the photos. If there were no famous people as the characters, the pictures wouldn’t be “so cool”
Comment by Paul — August 19, 2009 #
OMG!!!! I LOVE THIS LADY!!!! HER WRK IS SO AMAZING!!!
Comment by Tee Brooks — September 1, 2009 #
A genius with light, Annie truly makes the Black and White shot obsolete.
Comment by T Ruiz — September 6, 2009 #
“I like Turtles….!”
Comment by kenyan paris lewis — September 20, 2009 #
OMG I’m totally a fan of her. All her work is completly insane. It’s so perfect! so beautiful! so genius!!!
I even wrote an article about her work on “Disney’s Dream Portrait” on my blog (it’s in french but you can use Google Translate) : http://andersonsmother.blogspot.com/2009/11/disney-dream-portrait-series-by-annie.html
And I planed to write an other article about this “films noirs” series.
Thanks for this article.
Bon Baisers de France. Bye.
Comment by Sandrine — November 15, 2009 #
The ultimate honor I could possibly imagine for a human being would be for Ms. Leibovitz to wish to photograph that person. Just makes me wish I were famous, or better yet – a friend.
Comment by Jacinda — January 16, 2010 #