Please NEVER take down this video series…
I watch it every 6 months, I need it…

"Don't think about making art - just get it done. Let everyone else decide whether it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." --- I like it!

Its like some people can turn their entire existance into an ever ongoing artpiece/movie/song/poem. It's a slogan i saw written on the walls of Barcelona, " be the poem"

If millions of people think you're great you're great.

The 'Seriality' aspect of Mr. Warhol's art inadvertently tapped into the 'Digital Dimension' of the dawning Computer Age. It's eerie yet totally makes sense. Creative geniuses posses a precognitive quality that gets over looked when the sentries of critique discuss artists. The ability to drink deeply from the well of the future is the determining factor that distinguishes a flash in the pan from an enduring creative spirit. However during 'The Factory' period he became a parasite. I'm not implying that he did it maliciously yet it was definitely deliberate;  not a good or bad thing.  I think he understood that in non judgement, accepting people and things on their own terms and not interfering or trying to change it, he would find the wellspring of his ideas at the time.

Say what you want about Meth amphetamine.The amount of art produced and amazing songs written is staggering

It’s clear to me he had a passion to tell other people’s stories, whether you think that’s good or bad is up to you but I believe he was a revolutionary artist that had a passion for storytelling. He didn’t have a magnificent story of his own , so he created art for people that did . I worked in a Art gallery once and you can see in every way the influence of Andy from digital art to the recreation of portraits through scanning

Outstanding work by the documentarians.

An interesting documentary about the life of Andy Warhol. Part 1 covered his formative years along with commentary from a brother that offers insight into the Andy's personality and drive to succeed as an artist. The move to NYC and a career in the world of commercial art is detailed and includes some of the early difficulties encountered by Warhol as he struggles to find success outside the commercial realm. The second part details success in the " Pop Art " movement of the early '60's and we get commentary from critics and others who worked with and/or surrounded the artist. Warhol establishes himself further by adding 🎥 making in the avant-garde style and becoming the producer for the Velvet Underground, and staging events for the band, billed as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable with light shows, dancers and the band playing as Warhol's films are projected onto the walls. The portrayal of Valerie Solanas ( one of a number of sycophants the artist surrounded himself with ) is troubling because she is IMO characterized as just a psychotic, dope-addled prostitute that shot Warhol because her first choice, Maurice Girodias ( her book publisher ) was not available that day, and we are told that " she was going to shoot somebody " that day. However, Warhol used many different people to advance his own career, yet despite the fact that Warhol accepted material from Solanas, and told her that he would make her a star, in the end, all he had to do was return her manuscript ( she made several attempts to get it back ) but, she was lied to ( by Andy's designer and friend ) Billy Name. It's not disclosed that she spoke to Warhol the same day that she shot him so, it's not surprising that the tragedy of the shooting was visited on the artist. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Andy Warhol deserved it, but if you surround yourself with people who are maladjusted, crazy, or nihilistic, there's a high probability that something ugly may strike out in any number of unpredictable ways. Warhol was never quite the same after that, and despite becoming more successful, he died, ironically, from an administrative mistake whilst hospitalized for a minor surgery. Andy Warhol was a great artist despite his human-all-too-human flaws. All in all, a good documentary.

the same descriptive phrases used with Warhol were used to describe Manson, Jim Jones, and David k. the branch davidian leader.

So basically if Andy Warhol wasn't rich and famous dude would be dead.
Edit: Dead sooner.

Andy Warhol was sensitive and quite overly so. That's why he was forced to shut off his intense sad emotions so that he could accomplish his art.

The famous critic Robert Hughes said that Warhol was one of the stupidest people he had ever met and described his attempts at art meaningless.

People need to stop making excuses for Warhol's behavior towards his stars and his "friends".  Billy Name keeps making excuses and it's driving me crazy.  He used people- he promised payments and didn't give them, stole people's work, and did a lot of terrible stuff.  Can you imagine if you wrote a whole play and someone lost it (not that her reaction was normal or ok). I'm not saying he's a bad person but he did a lot of bad things.  The fact that Billy Name acted like it didn't matter they lost her play because THEY were never going to make it. Does he not understand that is not the end-all be-all of worth?  I mean, I'm sure her play was awful but they shouldn't have lost the only copy.

What the guy says at 10:54 reminds me of something Bruce Springsteen once said, that he felt shut out of the community when he was young and hoped that by becoming a star, he could gather people around him.

amazing doc. you watch it and wonder why it doesn't have millions of views. then you remember "oh yeah, people are stupid".

Warhol really did look like a Chucky doll.

Greatest documentary on Warhol.

Thanks for sharing this documentary, very enlightening.

It shows gives you an idea of how the Universe works. He started as a comerical artist and ended as a business artist.