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The Ten Best Movies About PhotographersNo. 3Funny Face, 1957
When he was young, Richard Avedon once said that his real ambition was to be Fred Astaire. In this musical, it is Astaire who plays Avedon-or, to be specific,a fashion photographer named Dick Avery. Avedon himself made the photographs you see in the film. It's an elegant look at a more elegant time, with the added bonuses of Audrey Hepburn as the photographer's muse and music by the Gershwins.

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