The Life & Times of Andy Warhol - Superstar
by Chuck Workman
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Actor: Halston, Liza Minnelli, Mrs. Fred Leighton, Paul Morrissey, Tom WolfeDirector: Chuck Workman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Shout Factory Theatr
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Movie Review: engaging & entertaining
Summary: 4 Stars
I have 3 other dvd documentaries on Andy Warhol ( "Life & Death of Andy Warhol", The PBS 2 disc set & "Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture" ) and this is the one which has stood up to repeated viewings. It features more interview clips with Andy than any of the others, and the opening title sequence actually demonstrates how Warhol and his assistants went about creating the large screened portraits for which Warhol is so well known. There are interview clips with many of the Warhol superstars as well as an informative and thoughtful audio commentary track by the director. The black & white interview footage of a very consciously spaced out Warhol being questioned by an interviewer as he sits with fingers lightly touching his lips and a great befuddled look on his face is the best!
Summary of The Life & Times of Andy Warhol - Superstar
This documentary by Academy Award winner Chuck Workman does a fine job of capturing the life and legend of Andy Warhol. News coverage of his untimely death, as seen on television stations in his hometown of Pittsburgh, sets the stage for interviews with the artist's brother and cousins, who show off vintage family photos and talk wistfully of Andy's early life as Andrew Warhola. People who worked with him throughout his career as commercial artist, pop art superstar, underground filmmaker, and celebrity about town appear and provide interviews that are honest, insightful, and frequently hilarious. In a wry aside, Campbell's Soup executives comment on Warhol's famous paintings of the soup cans, which puzzled everyone but came to be regarded as art. The film is brilliantly put together so that the atmosphere of Warhol's life is deftly captured. Though he relentlessly threw himself into the public spotlight (he's even seen appearing in an episode of The Love Boat), Warhol was always something of a mystery. Was he a great artist or a great con man? People who saw him on a daily basis talk about how they were both fascinated and baffled by him. This is an intelligent and witty look at Warhol's unlikely life. The DVD features a "director's commentary" soundtrack that can be turned on to hear Workman speak about some of the material in the film. --Robert J. McNamaraDocumentary DVD Video
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