David Hockney: A LifeCatherine CussetThis is a rather adoring depiction of the life of the gay British painter whose’ work, life and debonair blaséness is the very model of LA’s California Dreaming.
Cusset takes us from the early days of Hockney life, through his change and development, his early struggles and awakenings; growing up poor, leaving a repressive England, the electric thrills of New York, the shock of Aids, creative upheavals and ends up alongside the pools of California.Cusset dives into the enveloping oddness of Hockney’s deep love affair with Peter Schlesinger, the ‘love of his life’ and we are given an intimate viewpoint of their passion and agony.