A revealing documentary about former fashion model Mark Reay looks beyond the stereotypes attached to the homeless
The unlikely subject of Homme Less is well aware of how to work with the camera, but for the first time, former model Mark Reay is opening up about a side of himself he’s kept hidden from the spotlight. Despite a glamorous life on and off the catwalk, Reay is essentially homeless but still effortlessly pretending he isn’t. He’s handsome, well dressed and charming, always pushing forward with bit work here and there, as a movie extra and a street-style photographer, while living on the roof of a New York apartment building. He’s an entertaining figure and the film successfully breaks through his “man about town” shtick to reveal his vulnerable side, usually hidden from the fashion elite. It’s a short, simply told but thought-provoking film about looking...
The unlikely subject of Homme Less is well aware of how to work with the camera, but for the first time, former model Mark Reay is opening up about a side of himself he’s kept hidden from the spotlight. Despite a glamorous life on and off the catwalk, Reay is essentially homeless but still effortlessly pretending he isn’t. He’s handsome, well dressed and charming, always pushing forward with bit work here and there, as a movie extra and a street-style photographer, while living on the roof of a New York apartment building. He’s an entertaining figure and the film successfully breaks through his “man about town” shtick to reveal his vulnerable side, usually hidden from the fashion elite. It’s a short, simply told but thought-provoking film about looking...
- 2/11/2016
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Thomas Wirthensohn’s sensitively realized portrait, “Homme Less,” explores the realities, perceptions and ways in which people are just trying to get through the day. Particularly well-timed to highlight the skyrocketing rents and cost of living in New York City, “Homme Less” wants to understand how one man is making his lifestyle work in the city that seems increasingly impossible to live in for the dreamers, strivers, the ones with stars in their eyes and nothing in their pockets. Mark Reay is an aging male model and photographer working and scraping by in NYC. He cuts a dashing figure in the streets, lean, silver-haired, suited up in fancy shoes. He hits the fashion parties, flirts with women, enjoys open bars, muscles his way backstage to take candid shots, and snaps street style photos of models on their way to work. He makes few bucks here and there, through selling photos...
- 8/7/2015
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
From the outside, Mark Reay seemed to be living a glamorous life – he modeled for Versace, nabbed small roles in Sex and the City and a Woody Allen film, and was always immaculately dressed. But for several years, he was secretly homeless.
His story – which he tells in the new documentary Homme Less – begins in the 80s. "I had a wonderful four-year experience living in Europe from '84 to '88, where I worked in Milan in shows for Gianni Versace, Franco Moschino and Missoni," Reay, now 56, tells People. "The main benefit of this experience was just being able to absorb...
His story – which he tells in the new documentary Homme Less – begins in the 80s. "I had a wonderful four-year experience living in Europe from '84 to '88, where I worked in Milan in shows for Gianni Versace, Franco Moschino and Missoni," Reay, now 56, tells People. "The main benefit of this experience was just being able to absorb...
- 8/5/2015
- by Gabrielle Olya, @GabyOlya
- People.com - TV Watch
Read More: 'Homme Less' & 'Cairo Drive' Win Doc NYC Jury Prizes -- Full Winners ListAbramorama will release former model and fashion photographer Thomas Wirthensohn's debut documentary, "Homme Less." The film tells the incredible story of Mark Reay, a model and photographer who, despite his good looks and charm, is actually homeless and living on a roof in SoHo. With New York City as a backdrop to Mark's unique story, "Homme Less" explores the disappearing middle class in America, as well as the hardship of living in a competitive city like Manhattan. A portion of all theatrical and ancillary proceeds will be donated to Helpusa, an organization committed to ending homelessness through housing, prevention and shelter. "This film is a unique look at the life of a homeless person, in that Mark is a charismatic, individual who remains fully integrated in society, but lives on a rooftop in SoHo,...
- 7/30/2015
- by Sarah Choi
- Indiewire
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