American Masters
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Marlee Matlin, the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award, looks back on her remarkable life, career, and the complexities of being the “first.”
Worst Possible Illusion: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz
Part Sesame Street, part Andy Warhol, Brazilian-born Vik Muniz uses charm, bulldozers, chocolate sauce, and chartered planes to create and explain his celebrated conceptual art.
- Series
- Independent Lens
- Premiere Date
- October 14, 2003
- Length
- 60 minutes
Director
Anne-Marie Russell
Producer
Paige West
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The Film
Worst Possible Illusion: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz is an exhilarating look at the work of the Brazilian-born contemporary conceptual artist and rising star Vik Muniz — sculptor, photographer, and self-proclaimed magician. Muniz, best known for his book Seeing Is Believing, uses his knowledge of and interest in the history of photography to demonstrate how we, as viewers, can easily be deceived by the images around us.
