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Hockney

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The life and work of Bradford born artist David Hockney.

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Hockney offers few revelations for viewers familiar with its subject, but it remains an affectionate and thoroughly entertaining look at a British national treasure.

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Pat Padua Washington Post 06/02/2016
3/4
Despite ... sometimes dizzying artistic mood swings, "Hockney" remains grounded in the people and places that shaped the artist and his art. Go to Full Review
Matthew Lickona San Diego Reader 05/27/2016
2/5
It takes nearly an hour before anyone discusses anything conceptual, but what comes before is sufficiently entertaining, and what comes after, sufficiently illuminating. Go to Full Review
Tara Brady Irish Times 05/26/2016
3/5
The finished feature works well as a Hockney primer, but it's nothing we haven't seen before in the many TV documentaries made about the same artist over the years. Go to Full Review
Steve Cruz OUT FRONT Magazine (Denver) 05/09/2023
A smart and endearing watch that deftly avoids gushing or being precious. Go to Full Review
David-Elijah Nahmod Bay Area Reporter 06/10/2020
A loving look inside the private life of a man who always remained true to himself and his art. Go to Full Review
Michael J. Casey Boulder Weekly 08/06/2019
Hockney is a work of artistic portraiture, one that is as refreshing and enjoyable as a spring breeze. Go to Full Review
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06/27/2016 Hockney is a great artist and this movie gives you some insight in to the artist and his work. The movie itself is kind of boring (2 stars) but I'll give it a bonus star because his artwork is very good. See more dave d 06/19/2016 I guess it's fitting that an artist's story would be told mostly in art, pictures, and video. It helps prop up an otherwise uninspired documentary. Listening to his friends talk about David Hockney there isn't much that is inspiring about him. Nearly the entire two hours is quite surface. His art is wonderful, and by all accounts he appears to be a nice man, but I didn't need to sit through this and neither do you. For Hockney fans only and even they may not learn anything about the subject. Final Score: 4.3/10 See more 05/05/2016 I enjoyed much of the film and found it visually beautiful. However, I found it agonizingly long during the last 20 minutes or so. It could have benefitted from serious editing and perhaps a sharper focus on certain aspects of Hockney's life and work. See more 04/23/2016 Wow. Great original footage shot by David in super8. See more 04/22/2016 Fascinating! I learned so much about art and depicting time and space. He is a modern master. See more 03/15/2015 What an unbelievable talent. Just watching this has made me in awe of this artist even more... The amount of different media he has used over the years... The concepts and ideas he has frivolously toyed with... Talent of extraordinary proportions. Fascinating documentary & very real. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The life and work of Bradford born artist David Hockney.
Director
Randall Wright
Producer
Kate Ogborn, Randall Wright
Production Co
Fly Film Company, Blakeway Productions, Green Narae Media Co, British Film Company
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 10, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$120.4K
Runtime
1h 52m
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