Con Artist
Streaming video - 2010
A stylishly dark docu-comedy excavating America's craving for fame and fortune via one of its most outrageous addicts. Once a legitimate art star in the 1980s New York scene, millionaire "business artist" Mark Kostabi hires others to conceive and create paintings which he openly signs and sells as his own.. This highly energetic character study focuses on Kostabi's current attempts to regain prominence and find happiness through fame, which he openly equates with love.. Official Selection at the Tribeca Film Festival.. "An entertaining portrait of one of the art world's most outrageous provocateurs" - The New York Times. "An entertaining, occasionally poignant look at America's obsession with cel...ebrity through the career of one eccentric individual." - Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
- Subjects
- Genres
- Documentary films
- Published
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Argot Pictures
2010.
2018. - Language
- English
- Online Access
- A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image - Item Description
- Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record. - Physical Description
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Playing Time
- 01:24:05
- Format
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Access
- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).