Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
2002, 103 minutes, Rated M
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture is the definitive account of the life and work of the most enigmatic and influential artist of the late twentieth century. Over 60 interviews with Warhol's close friends, collaborators, Superstars, Factory cohorts and family, as well as distinguished philosophers, art historians and cultural commentators, constitute a documentary profile unprecendented in its depth, range and scale.
This documentary boasts unique access to the Warhol Foundation's rich and extensive archives, previously unseen private home-movie footage, audio-tapes as yet unheard and extracts from Warhol's legendary film experiments, mysteriously withdrawn by the artist over 30 years ago.
Warhol's intuitive grasp of and influence on the collapsing of high and low culture in the late twentieth century is reflected in the extraordinary range of participants in this series, who include ARTHUR DANTO, Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, Blondie's DEBBIE HARRY, Hollywood maverick DENNIS HOPPER and fellow Warhol collector LORD ARCHER.
Other contributions include artists JULIAN SCHNABEL, JEFF KOONS, PETER BLAKE, KENNY SCHARF, RONNIE CUTRONE and KOMAR & MELAMID; actors CRISPIN GLOVER, JOE DALLESANDRO, UDO KIER and JARED HARRIS; filmmakers PAUL MORRISSEY and JONAS MEKAS; musicians JOHN CALE and THE DANDY WARHOLS; New York socialite NAN KEMPNER and guru of window dressing, SIMON DOONAN. Beginning with Warhol's death and the establishment of the Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh (the only museum dedicated to an American artist), it becomes immediately apparent as we sift through the vast treasure of archives that whether Warhol was sketching, painting, screenprinting, photographine, filming, writing, publishing, tape recording, videotaping, or speaking on the telephone, that his entire life was his work, and that as an artist he was obsessed with documenting experience.
- Director:
- Chris Rodley [1],
- Starring:
- Udo Kier [25], Crispin Glover [17], Lou Reed [6], Mary Woronov [4], Mick Jagger [7], Andy Warhol [2], Donatella Versace [1], Salvador Dali [1], John Cale [1], Dennis Hopper [63],
- Screen Formats:
- Widescreen
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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