Rene Ricard
Birthday: 1946-07-23
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography: Rene Ricard was an American poet and painter who achieved status in the art world dating back to his involvement with Andy Warhol, appearing in several of his films such as Kitchen and Chelsea Girls. Well known for his influential essays in Artforum, Ricard held a major role in helping to establish the careers of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Movies
Underground U.S.A.
The Sunset Blvd. of underground cinema, and a suitably ambivalent retrospect on the star-game casual...
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Kitchen
Instructed by Warhol to write a vehicle for Edie Sedgwick in a “completely white” setting, scenarist...
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You Wont Miss Me
A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recent...
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Hall of Mirrors
This film is an outgrowth of one of Sonbert's film classes at NYU, in which he was given outtakes fr...
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Joan of Arc
The story of Joan of Arc as applied to the present revolution in arts and more. The Gothic is applie...
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Four Stars
Photographed entirely in color, Four Stars was projected in its complete length of nearly 25 hours (...
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Red Italy
Second feature film by the French-born director is a Bertolucci-style story of a bored, rich woman l...
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Andy Warhol Screen Tests
The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were...
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
A thoughtful portrait of a renowned artist, this documentary shines the spotlight on New York City p...
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The Andy Warhol Story
Andy Warhol (Rene Ricard) invites a friend (Edie Sedgwick) over to his apartment one evening to disc...
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Asthma
A young musician takes a beautiful tattoo artist on a ride in a stolen classic car....
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Sleepless Nights
New Cinema cofounder Becky Johnston recently described this little-seen feature as “an East Village ...
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