Con artist
(2011)
Nonfiction
DVD
Call Numbers:
DVD/DOCUMENTARY/CON
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : New Yorker Video, [2011]
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
1567304982 NYD 114611, 9781567304985, 6314296242 :, 717119114640
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from sell sheet
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. 'Con Artist' focuses on Kostabi's attempts to regain prominence and find happiness through fame, which he openly equates with love
Special features: deleted scenes, art industry 101, the wisdom of Nick Zedd, theatrical trailer, director's commentary
Music by The Willowz ... [et al.]
Mark Kostabi, Michel Gondry, Jeff Koons, and more
DVD ; widescreen (16x9)