Review of Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016) by Christopher H — 24 Jun 2016

Comprehensive coverage of the artist's life and the talent and drive which lead to his success.

This review of Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016) was written by Christopher H on 24 Jun 2016.

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures has generally received positive reviews.

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By Tara Brady (805) for Irish Times (1,391) on 07 Aug 2016

Despite some moving contributions from family members, particularly Mapplethorpe's younger brother Edward, the film never really gets anywhere…

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By Captain K (13) on 09 Jan 2017

L-am vazut la deva pe 4 ian cu cami si rici. interesant ca era rebel…

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By José Teodoro (48) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 18 Jan 2017

The most revelatory facet of Look At The Pictures is what you hear: Bailey and Barbato accessed a trove of audio recordings in which Mapplethorpe…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 24 Mar 2016

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…

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By Justine Elias (28) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 31 Mar 2016

If his work still shocks, it stirs the soul, for he was a classicist reaching for the perfect form…

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By Craig Mathieson (459) for The Sunday Age (488) on 18 Sep 2016

The focus of this documentary is the work and life - the former overwhelmed the latter - of iconoclastic American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe…

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By Ian H (828) on 04 Apr 2016

An excellent biopic that succeeds in providing some context to the artist's iconic work through a straightforward narrative of a life that…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for BBC.com (1,500) on 28 Jan 2016

One of the most enticing aspects of this beautiful and clear-eyed doc is that the movie, while it makes the case for Mapplethorpe as a fearless…

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By Rory O'connor (154) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 24 Mar 2016

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures provides a snappy, confidently explicit overview of the photographer’s work and life that chooses not…

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By David Parkinson (764) for Radio Times (2,421) on 20 Apr 2016

Co-directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato have turned a homophobic accusation into an aesthetic exhortation, as they urge viewers to look…

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