Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

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Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

2006

4h 0m

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Rare archival film footage and interviews illustrate filmmaker Ric Burns' tribute to art-world icon Andy Warhol. Much of the material Burns uses was shot by Warhol himself during his heydey in the 1960s and '70s. Interviews include art dealer Irving Blum, Warhol's brother John, Paul Morrissey and art critic Dave Hickey.

Slant Magazine

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film may be half as long as Warhol's opus Sleep, but its overview of the pop aesthete's life and art is nothing if not encyclopedic.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 1, 2006

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

We need all four hours, and even more, to understand the man who so prophetically divided the world into 15-minute increments.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 1, 2006

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Phil Gallo

Variety

Blessed with all the trademarks of a Burns brothers documentary, Ric Burns' look at the life of Andy Warhol is well researched, packed with rarely seen footage and loaded with eloquent observations.

Aug 31, 2006

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Doris Toumarkine

Film Journal International

Beyond all the archival material, the film benefits mightily from the many eloquent talking heads, whose words, incredibly, are always electrifying and revealing.

Mar 1, 2007

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Ken Fox

TV Guide

Burns devotes the bulk of the film to Warhol's '60s work, giving serious attention to the radical, often underacknowledged silent films he shot with the participation of the drag queens, speed freaks and high-society types who populated the Factory.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 1, 2006

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Warhol, it is made clear, was his own creation: QED, he only has himself to blame. Various pseudo intellectuals and poseurs leave semen stains on the lens. I give my third of a star for the wonderful pictures depicted from Warhol's graphic and fine art of the 1950's. Sadly the documentary is right about one thing: Warhol did represent late 20th C America

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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What you expect from PBS, expansive and informative.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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an incredible deep documentary portrait of one of the most notable artists of the twentieth century. a very, very long doc that encompasses his entire life, and really feels that it doesn't leave anything out. for fans of warhol or art, this is an interesting watch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

The Wahol Factory will be always a very interesting movement of art

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

An incredibley well put together documentary on modern art's most idiosyncratic genius, Andy Warhol, the man who challenged us not to just see the artifice, but to see the light! A clever film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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An in intriguing film on the man who had more then his 15mins of fame. Must see!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Synopsis

Rare archival film footage and interviews illustrate filmmaker Ric Burns' tribute to art-world icon Andy Warhol. Much of the material Burns uses was shot by Warhol himself during his heydey in the 1960s and '70s. Interviews include art dealer Irving Blum, Warhol's brother John, Paul Morrissey and art critic Dave Hickey.

Director: Ric Burns
Production Co: Steeplechase Films, WNET Thirteen
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Sep 1, 2009
Runtime: 4h 0m