Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures 2016
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures Director : Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures Plot
Nude men in rubber suits, close-ups of erections, objects shoved in the most intimate of places—these are photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe, known by many as the most controversial photographer of the twentieth century. Openly gay, Mapplethorpe took images of male sex, nudity, and fetish to extremes that resulted in his work still being labelled by some as pornography masquerading as art. But less talked about are the more serene, yet striking portraits of flowers, sculptures, and perfectly framed human forms that are equally pioneering and powerful.
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I thought this was an excellent biopic about Robert Mapplethorpe. To be honest, I didn't know that much about him going in. I lived through the controversy with Jesse Helms - the title, "Look at the Pictures" is from Helms' Senate rant. But I hadn't really seen the pictures before this movie. Yes, some still shock, decades later.
We were lucky that Edward, Robert's younger brother, who is part of the documentary, was at our screening for the Q&A. |
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