The film's title is derived from The Carpenters' 1971 hit " Superstar". The film was withdrawn from circulation in 1990 after Haynes lost a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Karen's brother and musical collaborator, Richard Carpenter. Barry Ellsworth collaborated on the film and was the cinematographer for the Barbie themed interior segments of the film. It was filmed over a ten-day period at Bard College in the summer of 1985. Superstar was co-written and co-produced by Haynes and Cynthia Schneider, with an unauthorized soundtrack consisting mostly of the hit songs of The Carpenters. Directed by Todd Haynes, the film uses Barbie dolls as actors, as well as documentaries and artistic footage. Funny.Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story is a 1987 American experimental short biographical film that portrays the last 17 years of singer Karen Carpenter's life, as she struggled with anorexia.
Had lunch with a friend today who is a cultural theorist, turns out i am in one of his recent books, in the intro where he describes (melodramatically) how i clandestinely came to procure him a copy of Tod Haynes’ banned early masterpiece Superstar: the karen carpenter story (made entirely with barbie dolls) in the pre everything-available-on-the-internet-and-youtube era, when you couldn’t find it anywhere.
Closest i have gotten here are these ginger gentlemen…not the same really…and am thinking they may not actually be indigenous… What an unusual luxury to have had 5 weeks of people actually asking to have their picture taken, and that these people would always be so beautiful and interesting and photogenic…i miss it now, that human engagement with the camera. Of being kind of embarrassed to be caught taking a picture of someone. Weird, i realise that i have reverted back to my normal mode of photographing things and spaces, rather than people,
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