Robert Mapplethorpe Movies

  • 2016
    Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

    Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

    Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

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    Nude men in rubber suits, close-ups of erections, objects shoved in the most intimate of places—these are photographs taken by Robert...

    Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
  • 1980
    No. 18: Mahagonny

    No. 18: Mahagonny

    No. 18: Mahagonny

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    Harry Smith’s final film; an epic four-screen projection. Smith worked on this cinematic transformation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt...

    No. 18: Mahagonny
  • 1971
    Robert Having His Nipple Pierced

    Robert Having His Nipple Pierced

    Robert Having His Nipple Pierced

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    Robert Mapplethorpe gets his nipple pierced while his boyfriend lends his support in person. Patti Smith lends her support via voice over as she...

    Robert Having His Nipple Pierced
  • 2021
    Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande

    Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande

    Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande

    52021HD

    From this "inexorable disease", Hervé Guibert did not recover. The miracle he had so much hoped for did not happen. But, before his death in...

    Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
  • 1978
    Still Moving/Patti Smith

    Still Moving/Patti Smith

    Still Moving/Patti Smith

    01978HD

    Short film by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. A portrait of Patti Smith.

    Still Moving/Patti Smith
  • 2007
    Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

    Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

    Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

    5.22007HD

    Crump directed the feature-length documentary film Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff + Robert Mapplethorpe, which premiered in North...

    Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
  • 1984
    Kathy Acker

    Kathy Acker

    Kathy Acker

    01984HD

    Documentary about Kathy Acker where she talks about her writing and her life in New York.

    Kathy Acker
  • 1970
    Chelsea Hotel

    Chelsea Hotel

    Chelsea Hotel

    01970HD

    A pilot for a documentary film capturing life at the Chelsea Hotel in the early 1970s. The film was never finished due to budget issues. 'A...

    Chelsea Hotel
  • 2006
    Program No. 61: Robert Mapplethorpe

    Program No. 61: Robert Mapplethorpe

    Program No. 61: Robert Mapplethorpe

    02006HD

    A look at at the life and work of Robert Mapplethorpe, a world renowned and controversial photographer, who died of AIDS in 1989. It explores his...

    Program No. 61: Robert Mapplethorpe