“A microcosm of the American life we have all more or less slavishly copied that explains a lot more than usual about the world about us.”
—The Guardian

“In MODEL, he shows us the business side of an agency, photography sessions, models talking, playing, and wasting time. He highlights the mad perfectionism of TV commercial-makers — rehearsals, retakes, huge crews, anxieties, tantrums, and exhaustion, all for a few seconds of film selling hosiery.”
—David Denby, New York Magazine

The day-to-day lives of models — both high-fashion and advertising models — are documented here by Frederick Wiseman, who also takes us behind the scenes of model agencies, photography studios, and the often monotonous grind of “hurry up and wait” under the bright lights. Newly restored.