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Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
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Title: Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

Release Date: 16 Jun 2016

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Film Manufacturers, World of Wonder, HBO Documentary Films

Production Companies: Film Manufacturers, World of Wonder, HBO Documentary Films

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 7.012 (42 votes)

Cast

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