This is a fascinating movie made by a dedicated historian sleuth. It was just pure luck. He started by buying some boxes of negatives and he ended up collecting this woman's entire life. Going through the boxes (of a hoarder) and archiving all the items is a gargantuan task. Just by examining Vivian's things, he was able to learn so much about her, and yet so much of her is still shrouded in mystery to be lost forever. Her photography is stunning. She had a great eye. It's terribly sad that her work was never shared during her lifetime. It's really quite tragic. There is a bit of a sense that as a secretive woman she would never have wanted anyone to uncover these details about her; it's an intrusion on her privacy but it's so engaging and she's so eccentric that the viewer really wants to know what happened too. I'm not too bothered by it.
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