Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
An illuminating portrait of the artist as a hermetic, self-doubting, obsessive-compulsive perfectionist.
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
During the seven years chronicled in the film, artist and musician Llyn Foulkes creates, destroys, and recreates a pair of large-scale, three-dimensional paintings, one that costs him his marriage, while trying to keep afloat in the fickle art market. With interviews from veterans of the 1960s Los Angeles art scene such as Dennis Hopper and George Herms, the film reconstructs Foulkes’s uncompromising, up-and-down career as he was kicked out of the legendary Ferus Gallery and walked away from a successful career as an L.A. pop artist. Structured like one of Foulkes’s constantly reworked paintings, the film tracks his artistic struggles, ending as he is at last rediscovered by the international art world at age 77. With music written and performed by Foulkes on a massive, fanciful, self-invented musical instrument he calls “The Machine,” Llyn Foulkes One Man Band is an intimate portrait of an artist battling his own demons as well as the perceived demons of the art world.
Variety: “Filmmakers can scarcely resist the story of a genius artist unjustly forgotten as “Searching for Sugar Man” and “Cutie and the Boxer” demonstrate. BUT FOULKES IS MORE THAN DESERVING OF THE FUSS.”
MSN: “PROVOCATIVE AND HIGHLY ENTERTAINING.”
The Hollywood Reporter: “An irresistible subject...Foulkes is a joy to watch.”
Variety: “Filmmakers can scarcely resist the story of a genius artist unjustly forgotten as “Searching for Sugar Man” and “Cutie and the Boxer” demonstrate. BUT FOULKES IS MORE THAN DESERVING OF THE FUSS.”
MSN: “PROVOCATIVE AND HIGHLY ENTERTAINING.”
The Hollywood Reporter: “An irresistible subject...Foulkes is a joy to watch.”
Genre
Documentary,
Bio-pic
Web Site
Runtime
88
Language
English
Director
Tamar Halpern,
Chris Quilty
FEATURED REVIEW
Louis Proyect, rec.arts.movies.reviews
The finest documentary about an artist I have ever seen. Folkes is an original and every minute spent in his company will remind you why true geniuses have a hard time in an art world more commodified than McDonalds fast food.
Played at
Lumiere Music Hall 5.16.14 - 5.22.14
NoHo 7 5.17.14 - 5.18.14
Playhouse 7 5.17.14 - 5.18.14
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