SummaryUsing two retrospectives at LA's Getty and LACMA museums as a backdrop, this definitive portrait profiles the controversial artist from early childhood, to his beginnings in NYC and his meteoric rise in the art world, to his untimely death in 1989. [HBO]
Directed By:Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
User score
Generally Favorable
6.6
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
90% Positive
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Mar 24, 2016
80
The input of the eloquent, brilliant, bitchy circle of friends with which he surrounded himself creates a portrait of the man which is every bit as candid as his work.
Mar 24, 2016
80
In the new documentary Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato do an ultra-fine job tracing a born provocateur's commitment to his calling.
Jan 12, 2017
75
What we learn from the enjoyable punditry of siblings, art-world associates and former lovers is that the gorgeous provocateur was consumed with fame, and that everything and everybody was a means to that end.
Apr 7, 2016
75
If his work still shocks, it stirs the soul, for he was a classicist reaching for the perfect form.
Mar 24, 2016
70
Mapplethorpe comes across as remarkably candid and unassuming, though his ambition was always clear.
Aug 11, 2016
60
This is a rich portrait of not only Mapplethorpe, but also the history of the New York art world in the latter half of the 20th century.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.6
60% Positive
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Apr 4, 2016
0
What with the internet and Google images these days.. this kind of "shock for ratings" garbage is entirely irrelevant. Whoopty do, the guy was a mental case with a camera in gay city USA. There are much more important things to do in life so.. NEXT.
Production Company:
- Film Manufacturers
- HBO Documentary Films
- World of Wonder Productions
Release Date:Mar 25, 2016
Duration:1 h 48 m
Rating:TV-MA
Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 2 Nominations
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 2 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
