Chop Suey *** (2001, director Bruce Weber) – Classic Movie Review 11,660

Fashion photographer Bruce Weber’s arthouse documentary feature film Chop Suey, a quirky, trendy, picturesque kaleidoscopic portrait one of his models, the wrestler Peter Johnson, was released in 2001.

It an album of still photos and film clips of Peter Johnson, combined with assorted documentary footage and a dip into Weber’s private collection of photographs. As expected, there is much beefcake and there are many bare chests.

It features an eclectic mix of family man Peter Johnson, actors Robert Mitchum and Jan-Michael Vincent, Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, saloon singer Frances Faye, and Brazilian jujitsu champion Rickson Gracie.

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Model Peter Johnson from CHOP SUEY, a film by Bruce Weber.

Peter Johnson by Bruce Weber.