How to Draw A Bunny (2002)
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Starring: Ray Johnson, Chuck Close, Roy Lichtenstein, Judith Malina
DVD Info
Release:
Sep 21, 2004
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
- Dolby Digital Sterer 2.0 - English
- Audio Commentary - 1. John Walter - Director, Andrew Moore - Producer/Cinematographer
- Trailers - (unspecified)
Photo Gallery:
- Photos/Stills
DVD-ROM Features:
- Web Links
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Reviews
Simply put, Ray Johnson was neither good nor original. All that he did in his 'art' was done before and better by others. That the same can be said of his documentarian's film may be a small synchronicity, but that's all it is. What it is not is art.
A coherent statement of mystery at the beginning and a resolution of that mystery at the end don't make up for the general repetition and tedium in between.
As rewarding a 90 minutes as you can devote to a subject who did his best to remain eternally unknowable.
In the end, you may not know Ray Johnson any better than his friends - you know stories, but not what motivated him to do what he did... Still, an interesting portrait.
Worth seeing, especially for anyone interested in American art history.
Serves as worthy tribute to a true original, an 'artist's artist' for whom life itself was a singular mode of expression.
Cumulatively [Johnson's] collages, letters and performances -- and his legend -- compose a self-portrait of striking wryness and complexity.
If you have any interest in Raymond Johnson and his pop art, maybe you, too, will learn How to Draw a Bunny.
a unique and fascinating look into the life of a unique and fascinating individual
A not-always-engaging look at the strange life of Pop artist Ray Johnson.
Director/editor John W. Walter takes Johnson's own approach, piecing together individual reflections on the man to create a portrait of an artist
This is one of the most compelling character studies to hit the screen in a long time.
This enthralling documentary ... is at once playful and haunting, an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends.
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