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

Black White + Gray (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
78 min + 19 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
James Crump

Written By:
James Crump

Actors:
Joan Juliet Buck ..... Narrator
Truman Capote ..... Himself (archive footage)
Dominick Dunne ..... Himself
Henry Geldzahler ..... Himself (archive footage)
Ralph Gibson ..... Himself
Robert Mapplethorpe ..... Himself (archive footage)
Eugenia Parry ..... Herself
Patti Smith ..... Herself
Richard Tuttle ..... Himself
Sam Wagstaff ..... Himself

Synopsis:

A look at the life and contribution of Sam Wagstaff (1921-1987), curator, trend-setter, collector of photographs, and lover and guide to Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989), told chronologically with archival footage, photographs, and contemporary interviews. Wagstaff is upper class, handsome, and gay, reinventing himself after World War II as a curator, with extraordinary success. By the 1970s, he's friends with Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith, his mother has left him a fortune, and he's collecting old photographs by the score. Many who comment discuss his largely forgotten contribution to art - the discovery of photography. The film sets the record straight.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 15 August, 2008.

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