There are lots of good movies about artists. Quite a few years ago, I watched
Basquiat. I had never heard of him and still have never known anyone else to be familiar with his work. However, he was famously in Andy Warhol's innermost circle, apparently was quite the rage during the 1980's and was the first artist of African descent to become an international art star.
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| Soft Watch at the Moment of First Explosion by Salvador Dali | | | |
Then a couple of months ago, I watched
How to Draw a Bunny. It was a collection of snippets of interviews of the acquaintances and friends of artist Ray Johnson, another artist obscure to me but who evidently produced ground-breaking work. He was another friend of Andy Warhol's.
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| Salvador Dali |
Then last night, I watched
Little Ashes which portrayed the relationship between Spaniards Salvador Dali and poet Federico Lorca who met when attending art school in Madrid. If Robert Pattinson has chosen some roles for their commercial value, he has atoned by blasting out formidable work in other films. This is most certainly one of them.
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| Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali in Little Ashes |
