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Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016)

  • Jun 16, 2016
  • 1h 45m
  • NR

6.9/10

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43 votes on TMDB

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About This Movie

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures is a 2016 documentary film directed by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey. Its leading cast includes Robert Mapplethorpe, Fran Lebowitz and Debbie Harry. It runs for 1 hour 45 minutes.

Synopsis

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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Time needed
1 hour 45 minutes
Age rating (US)
NR
Language
English
Audience signal
6.9/10 from 43 TMDB votes

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Cast

  • Robert Mapplethorpe Self (archive footage)
  • Fran Lebowitz Self
  • Debbie Harry Self
  • Brooke Shields Self
  • Carolina Herrera Self
  • Paul Martineau Self
  • Bob Colacello Self
  • Patti Smith Self (voice) (uncredited)

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