Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American pop artist. During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among others, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the premise of pop art through parody.

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)

Documentary portrait of Andy Warhol.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chuck Workman
CAST:  Joan Agajanian Quinn  •  Jean-Michel Basquiat  •  Irving Blum  •  Stephen Bruce

Documentary portrait of Andy Warhol.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chuck Workman
CAST:  Joan Agajanian Quinn  •  Jean-Michel Basquiat  •  Irving Blum  •  Stephen Bruce

Roy Lichtenstein (1991)

In this documentary Roy Lichtenstein is interviewed and discusses his life and art work, what influenced him, where his ideas came from, how his art adapted and how and why it changed over time. He discusses the Pop Art movement, a bit, mostly how he was one of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Hunt
CAST:  Roy Lichtenstein  •  Melvyn Bragg  •  William Overgard

In this documentary Roy Lichtenstein is interviewed and discusses his life and art work, what influenced him, where his ideas came from, how his art adapted and how and why it changed over time. He discusses the Pop Art movement, a bit, mostly how he was one of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Hunt
CAST:  Roy Lichtenstein  •  Melvyn Bragg  •  William Overgard

Who Gets to Call It Art? (2006)

Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Rosen
CAST:  John Chamberlain  •  Ivan Karp  •  George Lois  •  Frank Stella

Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Rosen
CAST:  John Chamberlain  •  Ivan Karp  •  George Lois  •  Frank Stella

Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of a Genius (1981)

An assessment of the 20th century's best known artist and his vast achievements through the insights and speculations of over a dozen participants. Filmed on the 100th anniversary of Picasso's birth at MoMA, Musée Picasso, Walker Art Center, Museu Picasso Barcelona ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Blackwood
CAST:  Dominique Bozo  •  Anthony Caro  •  Clement Greenberg  •  David Hockney

An assessment of the 20th century's best known artist and his vast achievements through the insights and speculations of over a dozen participants. Filmed on the 100th anniversary of Picasso's birth at MoMA, Musée Picasso, Walker Art Center, Museu Picasso Barcelona ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Blackwood
CAST:  Dominique Bozo  •  Anthony Caro  •  Clement Greenberg  •  David Hockney

Andy Warhol + Roy Lichtenstein (1966)

This program profiles Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, two of pop art's greatest icons. Back-to-back interviews highlight their differences. The voluble Lichtenstein, interviewed in his studio, discusses his methods and the use of familiar objects in his art. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lane Slate
CAST:  Andy Warhol  •  Roy Lichtenstein  •  Gerard Malanga  •  Edie Sedgwick

This program profiles Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, two of pop art's greatest icons. Back-to-back interviews highlight their differences. The voluble Lichtenstein, interviewed in his studio, discusses his methods and the use of familiar objects in his art. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lane Slate
CAST:  Andy Warhol  •  Roy Lichtenstein  •  Gerard Malanga  •  Edie Sedgwick

Poem Posters (1967)

Brilliant

... with real-life portraits of Jayne Mansfield, Frak O'Hara, Ruth Ford, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, William Burroughs, Andy Warhol, Rudy Gernreich, Jonas Mekas and others.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Henri Ford
CAST:  William S. Burroughs  •  Charles Henri Ford  •  Robert Indiana  •  Roy Lichtenstein

... with real-life portraits of Jayne Mansfield, Frak O'Hara, Ruth Ford, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, William Burroughs, Andy Warhol, Rudy Gernreich, Jonas Mekas and others.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Henri Ford
CAST:  William S. Burroughs  •  Charles Henri Ford  •  Robert Indiana  •  Roy Lichtenstein

End of the Art World (1971)

This is the debut documentary made by Alexis Krasilovsky, author of "Women Behind The Camera" (Praeger, 1997). Shot on 16mm in 1971, the film covers much of the New York avant-garde of the time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis Krasilovsky
CAST:  Jo Baer  •  Jasper Johns  •  Roy Lichtenstein  •  Robert Rauschenberg

This is the debut documentary made by Alexis Krasilovsky, author of "Women Behind The Camera" (Praeger, 1997). Shot on 16mm in 1971, the film covers much of the New York avant-garde of the time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis Krasilovsky
CAST:  Jo Baer  •  Jasper Johns  •  Roy Lichtenstein  •  Robert Rauschenberg

American Art in the 1960s (1972)

During this critical decade in American life, artists built on the styles of the 1950s. An explosion of artistic energy produced Pop Art, Minimalism, color-field painting, and hard-edged abstraction. Sculptors and painters on both coasts explored new methods and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Blackwood
CAST:  John Cage  •  Helen Frankenthaler  •  Jasper Johns  •  Roy Lichtenstein

During this critical decade in American life, artists built on the styles of the 1950s. An explosion of artistic energy produced Pop Art, Minimalism, color-field painting, and hard-edged abstraction. Sculptors and painters on both coasts explored new methods and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Blackwood
CAST:  John Cage  •  Helen Frankenthaler  •  Jasper Johns  •  Roy Lichtenstein

Warhol (1973)

David Bailey, self-taught photographer and one of the prime architects of the Swinging Sixties, broadened his horizons in the early 1970s by making high-profile documentaries for ATV. With his standing among the artistic community, Bailey was given unprecedented ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Bailey  •  Bill Verity
CAST:  Andy Warhol  •  Pat Ast  •  David Bailey  •  Brigid Berlin

David Bailey, self-taught photographer and one of the prime architects of the Swinging Sixties, broadened his horizons in the early 1970s by making high-profile documentaries for ATV. With his standing among the artistic community, Bailey was given unprecedented ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Bailey  •  Bill Verity
CAST:  Andy Warhol  •  Pat Ast  •  David Bailey  •  Brigid Berlin

Roy Lichtenstein (1975)

In conversation with Roy Lichtenstein, critic Lawrence Alloway places Pop Art on a continuum of twentieth-century art that includes collage, Dada, and Purism in referring to signs and objects of contemporary society; Lichtenstein argues for distinctions between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Blackwood
CAST:  Roy Lichtenstein  •  Andy Warhol  •  John Coplans  •  Claes Oldenburg

In conversation with Roy Lichtenstein, critic Lawrence Alloway places Pop Art on a continuum of twentieth-century art that includes collage, Dada, and Purism in referring to signs and objects of contemporary society; Lichtenstein argues for distinctions between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Blackwood
CAST:  Roy Lichtenstein  •  Andy Warhol  •  John Coplans  •  Claes Oldenburg

The Shock of the New (1980)

A definitive eight part series on the rise and fall of the modern art movement presented by critic Robert Hughes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Richardson
CAST:  Robert Hughes  •  Joseph Beuys  •  Stuart Brisley  •  Salvador Dalí

A definitive eight part series on the rise and fall of the modern art movement presented by critic Robert Hughes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Richardson
CAST:  Robert Hughes  •  Joseph Beuys  •  Stuart Brisley  •  Salvador Dalí

U2: A Year in Pop (1997)

Documentary about U2's album Pop and following tour.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Linnane  •  Tracy R. West
CAST:  Bono  •  The Edge  •  Adam Clayton  •  Larry Mullen Jr.

Documentary about U2's album Pop and following tour.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Linnane  •  Tracy R. West
CAST:  Bono  •  The Edge  •  Adam Clayton  •  Larry Mullen Jr.

Roy Lichtenstein: Pop Idol (2004)

Paul Morley investigates the lasting appeal of art's very own Pop Idol. From failed Abstract Expressionist to pioneering Pop Art hero, Roy Lichtenstein revolutionized the art world with his big, bold, brash cartoon images of American culture. Even before Andy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonty Claypole
CAST:  Paul Morley  •  Roy Lichtenstein

Paul Morley investigates the lasting appeal of art's very own Pop Idol. From failed Abstract Expressionist to pioneering Pop Art hero, Roy Lichtenstein revolutionized the art world with his big, bold, brash cartoon images of American culture. Even before Andy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonty Claypole
CAST:  Paul Morley  •  Roy Lichtenstein

Art in an Age of Mass Culture (1991)

Art in an Age of Mass Culture pulls back the curtain and takes a look at the cultural climate surrounding MoMA's now famed exhibition, "High and Low: High Art and Popular Culture". Opening in the fall of 1990, the show placed a spotlight on the rapid merging of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Blackwood
CAST:  Roy Lichtenstein  •  Jeff Koons  •  James Rosenquist  •  Elizabeth Murray

Art in an Age of Mass Culture pulls back the curtain and takes a look at the cultural climate surrounding MoMA's now famed exhibition, "High and Low: High Art and Popular Culture". Opening in the fall of 1990, the show placed a spotlight on the rapid merging of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Blackwood
CAST:  Roy Lichtenstein  •  Jeff Koons  •  James Rosenquist  •  Elizabeth Murray