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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Razor Digital Entertainment
Salesrank: 32301
Released: November 30, 2004 |
| Our Price: $8.22 |
| Used Price: $10.99 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
For the last half century, Frank Frazetta has dominated the world of Fantasy Art with his images of fierce warriors, helpless princesses, and fantastical creatures set in the most lavish landscapes.
Journey to a place where up until now, only the privileged have been, and witness the man behind the legend. See what hardships he overcame and choices he made that drastically changed the course of his career.
Painting With Fire tells of a fascinating life and what Frazetta's artwork means to future inspirations. Share an intimate moment with this artistic virtuoso as Frank Frazetta's extraordinary life story unfolds before your eyes.
Frazetta - Painting with Fire Reviews:
Frazetta-painting with fire 
2008-05-24 - Still cocky, Frazetta astounds us with his genius..along with an amazing group of fantasy illustrators. Some of the best. Worth watching, even if disappointed.
Not just for his fan following 
2008-04-11 - This the anatomy of an artist's life. The effort was well done, though not perfect. It's hard to make retrospective documentaries of personalities that are popular. Too glowing and the work looks like it's catering to the subject. Too honest and the feature will not meet approval with those followers. The balancing act is well done in this feature because it lets the artist, his family and friends, and surprisingly his peers and colleagues, all, carve out the narrative that is the artist's life, past and present. My favorite parts are Frank visiting his old friends in Brooklyn.
What really makes this documentary stand out is the way it balances Frank Frazetta's life with his work, his art and it's impact on both the fans, family and even the illustration community. There's little doubt that Frank Frazetta and his work have had a lasting impact on the popular arts and publishing. His championing of artists' and illustrators' rights alone has made publishers recognize the affect art has on selling products from cars to books and the way art will always belong to the artist regardless of what it's used for.
I recommend this for anyone interested in the artistic process as well as the life of an artist.
A Bio, for older people to watch...but
2008-01-14 - This guy has done some amazing work with art. It has most all his artwork through the years, but if you want to sit through some long moments of "where he came from", then you will enjoy it. I have only seen it one time from my collection of art DVD's.Havn't wanted to sit throught it again.
Im not sure if a teen could sit through this DVD. Buy used.
Excellent Purchase 
2007-12-18 - Delivery came fast. It came through in great condition and secure packaging.
The DVD was very well done. Documented well with plenty of extras and pictures of Frank's life. The music was very cool, too. I wish it would have been made in a higher resolution, though. It had major grain issues and poor quality, but otherwise it's a great DVD with plenty of information about the life of Frank Frazetta.
12/18/07
A very good biography of an amazing artist
2007-12-07 - Frazetta has been overlooked as a genuine artist because of his fame in the 70's. As a great fan at that time, my own esteem of him has waned over the years only because the "content" of his artwork... babes, muscle bound heroes, battle, etc... is, simply put, juvenile and rather empty.
This biography shows what a natural, physical, phenomenal talent the man really is. So few artists can simply sit down, without preparation, and create stunning visual works as visceral and beautiful as this man. Nothing gets in the way of his intense physicality being channeled through his pen and brush. This movie shows him to be an unassuming, average joe on the surface, but with a harnessed, god-given power that frankly no one in the last century can lay claim to. His influence on other artists in the genre has been incredibly positive and widespread to an extent not seen since Maxfield Parrish.
