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		List Price: $24.99		Label: PBS Paramount Salesrank: 18310 Released: November 21, 2006
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		MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
"He was the most American of artists and the most artistic of Americans," one man later said – "so American in fact that he is almost invisible to us." ANDY WARHOL – a riveting and often deeply moving film portrait of the most famous and famously controversial artist of the second half of the twentieth century – is the first to explore the complete spectrum of Warhol's astonishing artistic output, stretching across five decades from the late 1940's to his untimely death in 1987. Combining powerful on-camera interviews and rare still and motion picture footage, it is also the first to put Warhol himself – his humble family background and formative experiences in Pittsburgh, and his crucial apprenticeship as a commercial artist in New York – back into the presentation of his life.

Description of Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film:
Ric Burns' Andy Warhol is a four-hour pop-culture extravaganza that will retool what you think you know about the famed and oft-parodied soup-can painter. Delving deep into Andy's impoverished upbringing in Pittsburgh, the greatest success of Burns' film is its ability to delve deep behind the façade of Andy Warhol, Pop Celebrity. Featuring interviews with an array of confidants from art dealers to artists (but, alas, no Lou Reed), Burns' film portrays an extremely insecure man who lived with his mother through much of the Factory years and constantly seeked a measure of fame akin to the Hollywood starlets whose photographs he tore out of the pages of Depression-era movie mags. Andy Warhol succeeded in achieving that fame, and along the way redefined how we think of art and culture. This film may very well redefine what you think of the man. -- Kristian St. Clair

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film Reviews:
Fine, whatever.
2009-10-26 - You know what I did with this? I carefully opened the plastic, took out the DVD, scanned the DVD, made a sticker, and then put it on a copy of ISHTAR, and gave it to my brother for Christmas. HE HAD NO IDEA!!!!

The thing of it is, it was sort of an inside joke where we were giving eachother Ishtar for about 5 years. I'm pretty sure there's a copy hidden somewhere in my guestroom that he's going to spring on me at some point.

And the funny part is that Ishtar, or at least the first hour of it, is pretty awesome. Wardrobe of Love. I mean, OK.

The DVD that originally came in this case was round and flat, and featured some freak's picture on it who looked like he got electrocuted. If you like dudes like that who make stuff that looks like stuff that already exists and want to know if they had bad skin and were mamma's boys, you should get this movie. (Hint: They did, and they were).

Great film for a collector
2009-09-01 - You will definitely get your money's worth on this DVD if you purchase it here on Amazon. It goes for 4 hours. In the duration of watching, I broke down and cried a couple of times... This is a great film to add to a collection if you love Andy or are interested in artists.

I think PBS did a great job of covering some issues which motivated Andy, specifically his initial rejections from colleagues and potential lovers were hurtful to comprehend. This collection doesn't go too much into Andy's relationship with his mother, unfortunately. The second part focuses on Andy's transformation from the advertising world onto the pop "scene" as a leader of his Silver Factory... Finally tying things up with the event of his being shot by a delusional groupie, who felt he had too much control over her life. That also is very emotional to sit through. Well it seems Valerie Solanas gave Andy a good cooling-off? I did not perceive him to be calloused, or someone who used people; but apparently he had that reputation. One thing for certain: he became a nicer person.

I am not giving this documentary 5 stars because of the horrid narration. The narrator was obviously pressed to cover too much information in too short of time. As a result, her voice sounds hyper-vigilant, taking away from the spirit of this film. The director would have done better to use a someone with a softer tone, and more music back-up from the era.

Fantastic
2009-07-27 - Highly recommended. For awhile I had been thinking this is one of Ken Burn's best. But it's by brother Ric. So one of Ric Burn's best. One of the best documentaries by anybody period. This is the definitive Andy Warhol documentary. I've seen others and they hardly compare. You needn't be a huge fan of pop-art (I'm not) to find this story fascinating. Intelligent explorations of what goes into the creation of creative people does make for such a rewarding experience. Family life, economic background, personal difficulties and experiences, cultural surroundings, those chance meetings and various contingencies, personal influences --these are all dealt with in sufficient detail during the four hours allotted to them. A comprehensive in-depth portrait of Andy Warhol is a portrait of (for better or worse...) us and American society of the last half century. This is what we learn. Warhol is perhaps more relevant than ever and that's also why this is an important documentary. Loads of incredible (sometimes rare) footage intelligently utilized, excellent narration, and music that had an effect of ushering me into a contemplative mood and drawing me further into the images come together to demonstrate that documentary films can be considered a work of art in their own rite. Well I'm gushing now, but I was impressed. However, the case is made that Warhol is the most important artist during the second half of the 20th Century. Now I simply don't buy that, but if not Warhol then who?

Visionary artist
2009-03-10 - An interesting look at the life and the artistry of Andy Warhol and the important impact he had on the world, not just the art world.

A truly great documentary
2009-01-16 - I watch this dvd over and over again. One of the best documentaries I've ever seen. If you're a Warhol fan this is a must see. It's rich with information and vintage footage, with wonderful interviews with factory members and people associated with Warhol during the 50, 60 and 70s.