Very interesting. Surprising.
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Warning: Adult Content – The relationship between Sam Wagstaff, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Patti SmithYale-educated and born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Sam Wagstaff’s transformation from innovative museum curator to Robert Mapplethorpe’s lover and patron is intensively probed in BLACK WHITE AND GRAY. During the heady years of the 1970s and 1980s, the New York City art scene was abuzz with a new spirit, and Mapplethorpe would be at the center of it. Wagstaff pulled him from his suburban Queens existence, gave him a camera and brought him into this art world that seemed to be waiting for him, creating the man whose infamous images instilled emotions ranging from awe to anger. In turn, Mapplethorpe brought the formerly starched-shirt preppie to the world of drugs and gay S-and-M sex, well-documented in his still-startling photographs. Twenty five years separated the lovers, but their relationship was symbiotic to its core, and the two remained together forever. The film also explores the relationship both men had with musician/poet Patti Smith, whose 1975 debut album “Horses” catapulted her to fame.  
Black, White and Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
Black, White and Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
Release Year: 2008 Duration: 77 min Availability:
Related: Life & Culture, Music & Arts, Politics, Virgil Films & Entertainment Yale-educated and born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Sam Wagstaff’s transformation from innovative museum curator to Robert Mapplethorpe’s lover and patron is intensively probed in BLACK WHITE AND GRAY. During the heady years of the 1970s and 1980s, the New York City art scene was abuzz with a new spirit, and Mapplethorpe would be at the center of it. Wagstaff pulled him from his suburban Queens existence, gave him a camera and brought him into this art world that seemed to be waiting for him, creating the man whose infamous images instilled emotions ranging from awe to anger. In turn, Mapplethorpe brought the formerly starched-shirt preppie to the world of drugs and gay S-and-M sex, well-documented in his still-startling photographs. Twenty five years separated the lovers, but their relationship was symbiotic to its core, and the two remained together forever. The film also explores the relationship both men had with musician/poet Patti Smith, whose 1975 debut album “Horses” catapulted her to fame. Director James Crump Writer James Crump Producer James Crump Narrator Joan Juliet Buck Cast Truman Capote Dominick Dunne Henry Geldzahler Ralph Gibson Robert Mapplethorpe Eugenia Parry Patti Smith Richard Tuttle Sam Wagstaff Sound Matt Gundy - sound re-recording mixer
TheReeler wrote: (L-R) Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe, the subjects of Black White + Gray By Michelle Orange That fact that Tribeca is filled with what are essentially competent television biographies of figures who would never make it past a preliminary production meeting at A&E has both good points and bad. The good, of course, is that we get to learn of people other than those who sell advertising; Anita O'Day and Scott Walker are two on offer at Tribeca this year. But the bad is that the format is [...] more > Read more at spout.com Report a Technical Issue If you're having any difficulties viewing the film or have any playback-related technical questions, contact us using our general feedback page.
Comments Posted 06/03/09 by Oliver Bradley
Posted 06/02/09 by daniel
Available in US only. At least let us filter films so that we don’t have to go through hundreds of titles to find one that is avail outside US. SO ANNOYING MAKES SUCH A GREAT RESOURCE USELESS TO ME. Posted 04/20/09 by lola rose
fabulous ...unfortunatly sound reception was poor and continuously broke up...always in the best parts.MY own generation’s RIMAUD AND VERLAINE. |
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