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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary At age 70, LA painter and one-man-band musician Llyn Foulkes struggles to be remembered. As he finishes two paintings, one that cost him his marriage, he feverishly works to create deep, three-dimensional 'pictures' layering real objects and shadows. When no one attends his NY show, he blames himself. With commentary from Dennis Hopper, ...

Directed By: Tamar Halpern, Chris Quilty

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m

Llyn Foulkes One Man Band

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Summary At age 70, LA painter and one-man-band musician Llyn Foulkes struggles to be remembered. As he finishes two paintings, one that cost him his marriage, he feverishly works to create deep, three-dimensional 'pictures' layering real objects and shadows. When no one attends his NY show, he blames himself. With commentary from Dennis Hopper, ...

Directed By: Tamar Halpern, Chris Quilty

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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80
May 6, 2014
Foulkes’ long-simmering anger over having not received his due doesn’t endear him to the art-world power brokers best positioned to help him, but it does make him an uncommonly forthcoming, unguarded interview.
By Chris Klimek FULL REVIEW
60
May 15, 2014
For a movie about art and artists, it's not a particularly visually inspired or vibrantly crafted work. Still, Foulkes... holds interest with his off-kilter narcissism, obsessive creative process and frank views on his place — or lack thereof — in the art world.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
60
May 6, 2014
The filmmakers are blessed and cursed with a subject who seems to lack the usual filters. We in turn witness Mr. Foulkes in action, at length — revamping his works, railing against the art world and speaking his neurotic mind.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 22, 2014
While his obsessiveness seems neurotic, and watching this film is not always comfortable, it also seems to be all part of the process.
By Daphne Howland FULL REVIEW

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Release Date May 7, 2014
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline The most famous artist you never heard of
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Awards

Los Angeles Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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