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Release Date: 27 May, 2003 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $12.99 You SAVE: $1.99! Cast: Complete Cast (10 total) |
The Life & Times of Andy Warhol - Superstar Reviews
The King is Dead, Long Live The King
It is ironic that many of our most creative Artists are never truly appreciated until they are gone. The Superstar DVD affords us an interesting insight into the life and times of Mr. Warhol. I especially liked the Directors Commentary option where Mr. Workman speaks about the film. If you are into Andy Warhol, this is a nice remember when. That being said, I would be remiss if I did not mention a living Artist, who I would like to be so bold as to call the "Andy Warhol" of the new digital age. His name is Laurence Gartel. He is called the "Father of Digital Media" and to any Multi-media student, Photographer, or Artist, he is truly unique. He has a new DVD out entitled Trance, Dance and Other Living things which features thousands of his photo's and art in a surround sound multi-media format, the likes of which I have never seen. I read mediamaniacs review, and it was great. If you liked Mr. Warhol, you are going to love Gartel. I bought the DVD, and then emailed Mr. Gartel, who actually responded to my email (himself), and answered several questions. Imagine being able to communicate directly with a guy who is in the permanent collection at the Smithsonian. This is truly a digital age, and I think Gartel can become our Warhol of the new millenium with alittle support from all of us. I do not want to get to stuffie, but this fellow is truly and National Treasure, and the Arts really need to support him.
Packed and Illuminating
Follows Warhol's career chronologically, with an opportunity to meet family members, art dealers, Factory regulars (including Gerard, Holly, and Candy) and celebrities.
Warhol as superstar was the product of a lot of smarts and effort. He went basically from
a) commercial success (e.g. drawing shoes for advertizers)
b) popular success as a Pop painter, which might not have amounted to much if limited to that.
c) widened popular success via silkscreening
d) broadened his recognition via the underground movies
e) provided recognition of each of his superstars, who fame brought further recognition to Warhol
f) tied himself further to celebrities via "Interview" magazine and his custom silkscreens of them
g) after being shot (his own celebrity having already been established by then) mainly partied with other celebrities (but also produced his diary as a way of calling attention to his time spent with celebrities)
and, following his success, we now live in a time when fame is meaningless yet compelling, when neither the famous nor the public seem to gain anything by it and yet cling to it all the more addictively. Once famous enough, how one became famous is inconsequential: this condition thanks to Andy.
After you have read, listened to and seen everything else about Warhol, this documentary will make the pieces fall into place ... but that they are pieces will be all the more apparent.
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