😍 2022-03-23 15:40:50 – Paris/France.
I must admit that, well beyond the basic data and their the biggest hits, I had never explored the figure of one of the most emblematic artists of the second half of the 20th century. Now there's a golden opportunity to get to know him better through 'The Andy Warhol Diaries', a documentary series that can be seen on Netflix.
From the hand of Ryan Murphy as executive producer and andrew rossi as a director, the six episodes of this mini-series take us through the life of the artist drawing from his diaries published posthumously and through interviews with dozens of friends and collaborators.
Although I said it was a golden opportunity to get to know Warhol better, the the director assumes that at least you know the basics of his life and work. Thus, the documentary is much more concerned with ideas, religion, philosophy, work and its relation to the affective-sexual part of one's life than with specific incidents and moments.
For example, although there is talk of an assassination attempt, the documentary does not bother to investigate the facts (the what, who and why) but how, if anything, it affected Warhol. There's a careful commitment to the source material, with that intimacy edited and released.
The Unreliable Narrator and a Director Who Doesn't Settle
This is by no means a history lesson and, in fact, the series takes care to remind us: are the facts and experiences according to Warhol — whose voice is reconstructed by AI (use approved by the Andy Warhol Foundation) by reading excerpts from the newspaper — and should be considered as such.
This aspect of "authorized biography" continues to produce a slight allergic reaction in me, because this partial narration goes a little against what should be understood as a documentary (which I have already mentioned with, for example , “Raphaelitism”). The key lies in the deepening of this material and here Rossi tries to go further.
One of the successes of the documentary is to see how Rossi He is not satisfied with the history of the newspapers. YesHe begins to read between the lines, and brings to light various questions, some embarrassing - did he have racist attitudes?, having been a little more militant or vindictive, especially during the rise of "gay cancer", AIDS.
It's also very interesting to delve into the pop culture of the time, with reviews from figures such as Victor Hugo (recently immortalized by Gian Franco Rodríguez in 'Halston'), Jean-Michel Basquiat or the draftsman, director and lover of Warhol Jed Johnsonamong others.
In short, “The Andy Warhol Diaries” is a very fascinating exploration of a figure who is. Rossi and Murphy forge and refine a polyhedral and exhaustive portrait of a unique artist.
SOURCE: Reviews News
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