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If Warhol was once subversive, and in the early '60s he was, by the end of the '70s he'd relapsed into
being another kind of commercial artist, doing Nescafe Society portraits. A painter without a subject. A famous artist who loved nothing
but banality and sameness. "I want to be a machine,
to print, to repeat." And that was the most cunning sort
of Dandyism. When asked to defend himself against his critics,
he replied in his typical deadpan way. Oh, I can't. They're right
being another kind of commercial artist, doing Nescafe Society portraits. A painter without a subject. A famous artist who loved nothing
but banality and sameness. "I want to be a machine,
to print, to repeat." And that was the most cunning sort
of Dandyism. When asked to defend himself against his critics,
he replied in his typical deadpan way. Oh, I can't. They're right
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If Warhol was once subversive,
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and in the early '60s he was,
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by the end of the '70s he'd relapsed into
being another kind of commercial artist,
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doing Nescafe Society portraits.
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A painter without a subject.
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A famous artist who loved nothing
but banality and sameness.
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"I want to be a machine,
to print, to repeat."
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And that was the most cunning sort
of Dandyism.
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When asked to defend himself
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against his critics,
he replied in his typical deadpan way.
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Oh, I can't. They're right.
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Movie Summary
After he's shot in 1968, Andy Warhol begins documenting his life and feelings. Those diaries, and this docuseries, take a peek behind his persona.
