A highly entertaining, fascinating, and marvelous documentary about the life of an artist that will make you addicted to art and good cinema, the multi-talented Llyn Foulkes.
Llyn Foulkes is the most famous artist, musician, composer, and painter you’ve ever heard of, or probably you have not heard of yet. Well, now it is time for you to know who this person is, who deserves to have his life and body of work put into a film, in this case, a marvelous documentary.
The film documents seven years of Foulkes’s life and the creation of two large paintings he builds, cuts, destroys, recycles, and makes again and again, over and over, until he feels his images are 99% finished. Then he said, “The painting is done when it is done.” Full of passion, he adds, “I can’t just finish it. The only way it’s finished is when they take it away from me.”
Interestingly enough, his rebellious and obsessive personality needs to express himself through concepts of love, life, and hate.
He moves around with his passion for his artwork, transforming everything he touches into form, shape, shadow, and tone, giving his creations the proper depth.
With his work, he ignites controversy, using elements of pop culture such as Mickey Mouse heads, real dead cats, and a fetus to create an organic composition.
He is so absorbed in his work that his private life gets turned upside down by the imminent divorce and his absence from his daughter. All those emotions deeply affected him, and he infused them into his creations.
As a one-man band musician, he’s working in what he calls “The Machine,” a huge musical instrument he invented years ago to perform in a solo show. That same music Foulkes plays in this documentary is just to entertain us.
The documentary is directed by Tamar Halpern and Chris Quilty. It features other great artists, actors, and celebrities, such as Johnny Carson, Dennis Hopper, and George Herms, among other well-known stars, who buy fine art. Still, you need to see the end to find out who got their hands on the two controversial masterpieces.
Suppose you are not an artist, but you appreciate art. In that case, there are some other films about art you can check out, such as an Oscar nominee “Waste Land” (2010), “Alejandro Colunga: Fogonero del Delirio” (2012), “Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child” (2010), “2501 Migrants: A Journey” (2009), and another Oscar nominee and Independent Spirit Award winner “Exit Through the Gift Shop” (2010).
Check out “Llyn Foulkes One Man Band” to discover why he was found at 77. His work was exhibited at the Hammer Museum of Los Angeles with tremendous success.
“Llyn Foulkes One Man Band” was part of the official selection of the Los Angeles Film Festival 2013, and now it’s time for us to enjoy it at some of the independent movie theaters near you.
“Llyn Foulkes
One Man Band” is a documentary with soul, good music, marvelous paintings, and above all, pop art.
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