John Coplans

John Coplans

Born: June 24, 1920
Died: August 21, 2003
in London, UK

Movies for John Coplans...

Title: Vile Bodies
Character: Self
Released: March 23, 1998
Type: TV
Documentary miniseries about contemporary artists who create challenging views of the human body. One of a 3-part series exploring how contemporary photography is challenging some of our deepest-held taboos about the human body. "American photographer Joel-Peter Witkin discusses his dark visions of human bodies.
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Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Title: Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Character: Self
Released: July 18, 1990
Type: Movie
Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject of this documentary, which looks at both his life and his influence on pop culture. The film provides details about Warhol's upbringing in Pittsburgh and follows his move to New York City, where he found massive success turning pop imagery into art and eventually founded "The Factory," his famed studio and party venue. Among the many notables interviewed are Dennis Hopper, David Hockney, and Roy Lichtenstein.
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Born in Flames
Title: Born in Flames
Character: Chief
Released: April 1, 1983
Type: Movie
In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups of women organize a feminist uprising as equality remains unfulfilled.
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Roy Lichtenstein
Title: Roy Lichtenstein
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
In conversation with Roy Lichtenstein, critic Lawrence Alloway places Pop Art on a continuum of twentieth-century art that includes collage, Dada, and Purism in referring to signs and objects of contemporary society; Lichtenstein argues for distinctions between himself, Warhol, Oldenburg, and others. In his Long Island studio, Lichtenstein works on an elaborate composition; one of his 4 major paintings on the theme "The Artist's Studio."