Glenn O'Brien

Glenn O'Brien

Born: March 2, 1947
Died: April 7, 2017
in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Movies for Glenn O'Brien...

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Title: Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Character: Self
Released: December 19, 2018
Type: Movie
Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and tectonically shifting arts culture of the late 1970s and '80s shaped his vision.
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Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Title: Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 7, 2017
Type: Movie
This film tells Jean-Michel's story through exclusive interviews with his two sisters Lisane and Jeanine, who have never before agreed to be interviewed for a TV documentary. With striking candour, Basquiat's art dealers - including Larry Gagosian, Mary Boone and Bruno Bischofberger - as well as his most intimate friends, lovers and fellow artists, expose the cash, the drugs and the pernicious racism which Basquiat confronted on a daily basis. As historical tableaux, visual diaries of defiance or surfaces covered with hidden meanings, Basquiat's art remains the beating heart of this story.
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Trophy Hunter
Title: Trophy Hunter
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Trophy Hunter, a short, fake documentary about illegal wildlife trade that Josh and Benny made for the Turtle Conservancy in 2012. It features the late great New York icon Glenn O’Brien visiting an eccentric Chinese collector.
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Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
Title: Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
Character: Self
Released: September 23, 2011
Type: Movie
A glowing, prismatic portrait of the rise and fall of America's first celebrity designer—Halston—the man who was synonymous with fashion in the 1970s, and became the emperor of NYC nightlife. Interviews with friends and witnesses (including Liza Minnelli, Diane Von Furstenberg, André Leon Talley, Anjelica Huston, Bob Colacello, and Billy Joel, among others) round out this glittering evocation of the man who defined the most beautiful and decadent era of recent memory.
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Blank City
Title: Blank City
Character: Self
Released: April 6, 2011
Type: Movie
In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, Lizzy Borden, and Amos Poe to produce some of their best works. Taking their cues from punk rock and new wave music, these young maverick filmmakers confronted viewers with a stark reality that stood in powerful contrast to the escapist product being churned out by Hollywood.
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Beautiful Darling
Title: Beautiful Darling
Character: Self
Released: April 2, 2010
Type: Movie
James Rasin's documentary “Beautiful Darling” honors American Transgender actress and best-known Warhol Superstar, Candy Darling, and her all-too-brief life and career, with a combination of current and vintage interview material, rarely seen archival photos and footage, and extracts from Darling's movies.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Title: Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 2010
Type: Movie
A thoughtful portrait of a renowned artist, this documentary shines the spotlight on New York City painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. Featuring extensive interviews conducted by Basquiat's friend, filmmaker Tamra Davis, the production reveals how he dealt with being a black artist in a predominantly white field. The film also explores Basquiat's rise in the art world, which led to a close relationship with Andy Warhol, and looks at how the young painter coped with acclaim, scrutiny and fame.
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Face Addict
Title: Face Addict
Character: Himself
Released: November 15, 2005
Type: Movie
Face Addict tells the story of a unique and unrepeatable experience, that of the artistic community in New York between the late '70s and early '80s, known as the downtown scene.
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Force of Circumstance
Title: Force of Circumstance
Character: Charles Foris
Released: June 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A courier who represents Moroccan dissidents arrives in Washington with secret documents.
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Wild Style
Title: Wild Style
Character: Museum Curator
Released: August 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer. The actual story of the movie concerns the tension between Zoro's passion for his art and his personal life, particularly his strained relationship with fellow artist Rose.
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Subway Riders
Title: Subway Riders
Character: C.O.D. Isherwood
Released: April 2, 1981
Type: Movie
A psychotic saxophone player lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.
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Andy Warhol
Title: Andy Warhol
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 1972
Type: Movie
With a rambling, unstructured style that echoes Andy Warhol’s own approach to filmmaking, this documentary profiles his career, showing him to be a brilliant manipulator, dedicated voyeur and person of astute commercial judgment.
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A Clean Sweep
Title: A Clean Sweep
Character: Narrator
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
This short film explores memory and transformation by cataloging landmarks that aren’t even a decade old: 1 World Trade Center, the 59th Street Apple Store, the new Beatrice Inn and spiffed-up SoHo. The narration, a meditation on the life of the city in Melville- and Whitman-inspired prose, glides above the 16 millimeter film in the early morning hours of a Sunday in New York City.