CHOP SUEY

For over four years Bruce Weber photographed one subject: Peter Johnson. What began as a photographic journey to document Peter’s transition from boyhood into manhood led to the making of the film CHOP SUEY. A deeply personal film, feeling very much like a journal or a scrapbook, CHOP SUEY is an homage to all things the filmmaker loves most: from Robert Mitchum and Diana Vreeland to such less-known figures as lesbian jazz legend Frances Faye and desert explorer Sir Wilfred Thesiger. Mixing film, archival footage, still photography and a rich and expansive soundtrack, the movie is a piquant show-and-tell, a sophisticate’s tour that delves surprisingly deep into the hurting heart of image-making.