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    LONG ISLAND CITY, NY September 27, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Christopher Flach's film "Madeleine Castaing," is the 34 minute documentary that explores the personality, influence and style of the French decorator and antique dealer. The film celebrates Castaing's neoclassical taste in decor and her glamorous appearance even into her 90s. The film reintroduces her taste for Napoleon III furnishings and 18th century English furniture to collectors of art and design. The film also explores, Castaing's close relationship to Chaim Soutine, a frequent houseguest at the Castaing country home in Lèves. Soutine's 1929 portrait of Madeleine is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.

About Christopher Flach

Christopher has produced several short films, which have screened internationally and on local public television. His photography has appeared in San Francisco Magazine, the New York Times, Western Interiors and Design Magazine, House Beautiful Magazine, Traditional Home Magazine, Elle Decor and Paper City. With studios in New York City and San Francisco, Christopher continues to photograph and create documentary films, while donating his work to raise funds for the arts, including for the Randall Museum, operated by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, SF Camerawork, Kips Bay and Southampton Showcases, and the University High School's San Francisco Decorator Showcase and the Brooks Museum of Art. A New York City native, Flach has earned a BFA and a PHD. He spent his very early art career studying with Ansel Adams and Yousuf Karsh and more recently under the tutelage of Mary Ellen Mark.

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Read more Press Releases from christopher Flach:

• San Francisco//Fall 2008//Christopher Flach, filmmaker and photographer, is featured in September Modern Luxury 's San Francisco Magazine.
• New York City//Winter2008//Christopher Flach, filmmaker and photographer, is featured in Oprah Winfrey's classic Magazine "Oprah Home."
• Christopher Flach and The New York School of Interior Design present the documentary film entitled Madeleine Castaing on March 26th, 2008.
• San Francisco//January 26, 2008//The California College of the Arts hosts the documentary film entitled Madeleine Castaing, by Christopher Flach
• West Coast premiere of Madeleine Castaing by Christopher Flach
• Christopher Flach joins DigiFestival.net 2007 Edition!

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