Kate Winslet returns to the cinema in a biopic dedicated to Lee Miller, the most famous war photographer in history. Portrait.
Two after after Avatar: The Way of WaterKate Winslet returns to the cinema. Released on October 9, his new film, the biopic Lee Millersees her slip into the skin of the eponymous character. The feature film traces the life of the most famous war photographer who notably documented the Landings in 1944.
“I realized that actually not many people really knew what she did in World War II. That’s when Lee became Lee. And, actually, if you google Lee Miller , we discover the former muse of Man Ray, the ex-model, a job she hated. She wanted to be a photographer.confides his interpreter in an interview given to
Point.
Who really was Lee Miller?
Born April 23, 1907 in Poughkeepsie, New York, Lee Miller first modeled for magazine Vogue after studying at the Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris. His career as a photographer began thanks to his companion, surrealist artist Man Ray on whose behalf she carries out
a series of photos which will unfairly not be attributed to him.
Separated from the painter, Lee Miller returned to New York where she married Egyptian businessman Aziz Eloui Bey. A divorce later, the US Army accredits him to photograph the Blitzthen document the daily life of American soldiers in Europe during
the Second World War. In particular, he took the first photos of the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps. These horror scenes will mark her forever. After the war, Lee Miller sank into depression and alcohol. Elle
dies of cancer on July 21, 1977 at the age of 70, leaving behind a son born from her union with the painter Roland Penrose.
photo credit: Arte / Metfilm Production Lee Miller – Model and war photographer
Kate Winslet: “Lee Miller suffered a terrible thing”
In the interview published by The Pointthe star of Titanic evasively evokes a drama in the life of the famous photographer. “Lee Miller suffered a terrible thing”she reports. The actress makes a modest allusion to rape of which the muse of surrealism was a victim when she was 7 years old.
“She lived with this terrible trauma and never told anyone about it. In some ways, she refused to let it define her. And, despite it all, she continued to love lifeassures the interpreter of Lee Miller. She wasn’t angry. She had nothing vengeful in her. She also liked men. She was very free with her body.”
