Mapplethorpe (2019) (original) (raw)
A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his death in 1989.
A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his death in 1989. (less)
Director: Ondi Timoner
Writers: Ondi Timoner, Mikko Alanne
Starring: Matt Smith, Marianne Rend�n, John Benjamin Hickey, Brandon Sklenar, Tina Benko, Mark Moses
Producer: Richard J. Bosner
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Review by Brian Orndorf, March 6, 2019
4 / 10
Co-writer/director Ondi Timoner has a great fascination with artists and rebels, with most of her career devoted to the chronicling of those who seek to disrupt the norm, putting personality and vision before controlled behavior (�Brand: A Second Coming,� �Dig!�). She�s found an ideal subject for �Mapplethorpe,� taking on the enormity of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe�s career, tracking its development and controversies during the 1970s and �80s. It�s a storytelling challenge in many ways, but the most pressing concern for Timoner how to find a way to make an unpleasant person interesting fo ...read more...
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