• Release Date: Sep 1, 2006
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film Image
Metascore

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

  • 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)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. "Andy Warhol" makes you see that beneath the gargoyle hipster mask, he filled that emptiness with an art of transcendent sincerity.
  2. Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    80
    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.
  3. Reviewed by: Phil Gallo
    80
    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.
  4. Consistently compelling and required viewing for anyone remotely interested in pop culture.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. sonicfun
    10
    Instant Documentary Classic and nothing short of supurb.
  2. [Anonymous]
    9
    Excellent direction and epic. Way too long yet nontheless mindblowing and unbelievable.
  3. 8
    Î
  4. Joshua
    5
    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 Expand