Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

Name: Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 1, 2006
Duration: 240 min
Rating: 86

2006

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Release Date: September 1, 2006

Summary: Ric Burns's 4-hour, epic Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film, is a portrait of one of the 20th century's most influential, controversial, and paradoxically mystifying artists. (FilmForum)

Director: Ric Burns

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 240 min

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Owen Gleiberman

"Andy Warhol" makes you see that beneath the gargoyle hipster mask, he filled that emptiness with an art of transcendent sincerity. Read full review

Stephen Holden

The movie is an entirely absorbing, occasionally revelatory portrait of a brilliant talent driven to greatness by an inner chorus of demons and angels. Read full review

Ed Halter

The result is an intellectual history of Warhol, bucking the trend toward the star-studded VH1-ization of biodocs and constructed with a mission to dispel the artist's own self-created image as high-fashion hobnobber in favor of a more profound depiction. Burns argues for a cogitating, agitating Warhol: deep thinker, cultural barometer, and world changer. Read full review

Nancy DeWolf Smith

What's so mesmerizing about this film is the sight, in an endless rush of color and images, of so much of his work in one place, including pieces we don't often see. Read full review

Phil Gallo

Art aficionados the world over will want to catch the pic, which PBS airs later this month; given the impact Warhol had on the world, it's a must for culture vultures. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Consistently compelling and required viewing for anyone remotely interested in pop culture. Read full review

Ray Richmond

While there is invariably repetition and drag in [the film], it also bursts with compelling detail and extraordinary insight into an enigmatic figure about whom we come away more or less enlightened. Read full review

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sonicfun

Aug 31, 2006

Instant Documentary Classic and nothing short of supurb.

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[Anonymous]

Aug 31, 2006

Excellent direction and epic. Way too long yet nontheless mindblowing and unbelievable.

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Eleni

Jun 5, 2012

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Joshua

Sep 28, 2006

I was looking forward to this (especially given the reviews), but I was left disappointed. As a film, it was repetitious and slow. As a documentary, I didn

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