Peter Blake
Biography: English pop artist.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 25, 1932
Deathday: N/A
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aka Mr. Chow
2023-10-20
aka Mr. Chow
Overview: With his signature circular glasses and mustache, Michael Chow is an exuberant force at the crossroads between eccentricity and sophistication. The famed restaurateur defined “The Moment” with the openings of Mr. Chow, the bustling upscale Chinese eateries that attracted the glitterati of Swingin’ London, 70s Hollywood, and post Studio 54 New York.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-20
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Pop Goes the Easel
1962-03-25
Pop Goes the Easel
Overview: Pop Goes the Easel was Ken Russell’s first full-length documentary for the BBC’s arts series Monitor. It focused on 4 British Pop Artists - Peter Blake, Peter Philips, Pauline Boty and Derek Boshier.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-03-25
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Monitor: Pop Goes the Easel
1962-03-25
Monitor: Pop Goes the Easel
Overview: Peter Blake explores his passion for pop icons, Peter Phillips is featured with his cool companions, Derek Boshier voices his concerns with the American influence on British life and culture, and Pauline Boty, Britain's great female pop art painter who was to die only four years later, performs in a short dramatic dream piece.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-03-25
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When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies
2012-12-13
When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies
Overview: Timeshift turns back the clock to a time when villains wore silver capes, grannies swooned at the sight of bulky men in latex and the most masculine man in the country was called Shirley. In its heyday, British professional wrestling attracted huge TV audiences and made household names of generations of wrestlers from Mick McManus and Jackie 'Mr TV' Pallo to Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy. With contributions from inside the world of wrestling and surprising fans such as artist Peter Blake, this is an affectionate and lively portrait of a lost era of simpler pleasures, both in and out of the ring.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-13
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Masters of the Canvas
1992-01-31
Masters of the Canvas
Overview: When pop artist Peter Blake confessed that his fantasy was to be the mysterious masked wrestler Kendo Nagasaki, who never speaks and never removes his mask, little did he know what the consequences would be. Poet and television producer Paul Yates, also fascinated by the persona of Nagasaki, read the article and proceeded to research the possibility of Blake painting Nagasaki's portrait as a centrepiece for a film which would also, he hoped, include an exclusive interview with Nagasaki himself. Does he exist outside the ring and, if so, who is he?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-31
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Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World
2015-08-24
Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World
Overview: Alastair Sooke champions pop art as one of the most important art forms of the twentieth century, peeling back pop's frothy, ironic surface to reveal an art style full of subversive wit and radical ideas. In charting its story, Alastair brings a fresh eye to the work of pop art superstars Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein and tracks down pop's pioneers, from American artists like James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg and Ed Ruscha to British godfathers Peter Blake and Allen Jones. Alastair also explores how pop's fascination with celebrity, advertising and the mass media was part of a global art movement, and he travels to China to discover how a new generation of artists are reinventing pop art's satirical, political edge for the 21st century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-24
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Taken by Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis
2011-03-11
Taken by Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis
Overview: This documentary chronicles the long and storied career of Storm Thorgerson, the most famous artist you've never heard of -- the brilliant photographer who created scores of iconic album covers for bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-11
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Louis Kahn: Silence and Light
1996-01-01
Louis Kahn: Silence and Light
Overview: As an architect, educator, and philosopher, Louis Kahn played a prominent role in the history of 20th century architecture. An examination of six of his most significant buildings: The Salk Institute; the Kimbell Art Museum; the Center for British Art; the library at Philips Exeter Academy; the Indian Institute of Management; and the Parliament Buildings of Bangladesh.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
2024-11-25
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Overview: Forty years on from the release of the hit single by charity supergroup Band Aid, this documentary unearths 75 minutes of rare and previously unseen film footage from the day of recording
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-25
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