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Mapplethorpe

He was just a Spanishstreet urchin, but he's very ambitious,and he's learning fast

He was just a Spanish
street urchin, but he's very ambitious,
and he's learning fast

Full Transcript

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He was just a Spanish street urchin,
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but he's very ambitious, and he's learning fast.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:23:08
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Genres
drama, history
Production
Interloper Films,Boston Diva Productions,Blue Creek Pictures,Silver Lining Entertainment,You're Outta Control Pictures

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Movie Summary

A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.
But he's got a dictionary, - Mapplethorpe 00:04
But he's got a dictionary,
Okay, can you make sure you put this - Mapplethorpe 00:05
Okay, can you make sure you put this
It's a battle between good and evil. - Mapplethorpe 00:04
It's a battle between good and evil.
Knowing that I've captured those things in my work. - Mapplethorpe 00:04
Knowing that I've captured those things in my work.
Knowing that my work will outlive me. - Mapplethorpe 00:04
Knowing that my work will outlive me.
Even that which we deem obscene, - Mapplethorpe 00:07
Even that which we deem obscene,
I wonder what it's like to be your subject. - Mapplethorpe 00:04
I wonder what it's like to be your subject.
Oh, you look absolutely heavenly, Father. - Mapplethorpe 00:04
Oh, you look absolutely heavenly, Father.
The first time I came to this museum, - Mapplethorpe 00:08
The first time I came to this museum,
But I always remember these lights. - Mapplethorpe 00:05
But I always remember these lights.
I'm curating the ICA exhibition, - Mapplethorpe 00:07
I'm curating the ICA exhibition,
- Oh. - So, the entire range - Mapplethorpe 00:06
- Oh. - So, the entire range
From your most hard-core imagery, - Mapplethorpe 00:06
From your most hard-core imagery,
So we'll open in Philadelphia, - Mapplethorpe 00:07
So we'll open in Philadelphia,
Impossible to spell, and starts with the word "Cin." - Mapplethorpe 00:09
Impossible to spell, and starts with the word "Cin.&quo...
Oh, Robert, I don't know if that's a good idea. - Mapplethorpe 00:04
Oh, Robert, I don't know if that's a good idea.
It's okay. It's going to be okay. - Mapplethorpe 00:04
It's okay. It's going to be okay.
I told my parents, remember, we... - Mapplethorpe 00:04
I told my parents, remember, we...
Who knew Dad had such terrible taste in flowers? - Mapplethorpe 00:05
Who knew Dad had such terrible taste in flowers?
Hey. Hey. - Mapplethorpe 00:04
Hey. Hey.