Absolutely Warhola

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Movie
Original title Absolutely Warhola
Country of production Germany
original language Slovak
Publishing year 2001
length 80 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
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Director Stanislaw Mucha
script Stanislaw Mucha
production Dieter Reifarth
camera Susanne Schüle

Absolut Warhola is a documentary film directed by Stanislaw Mucha in 2001.

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The German-Polish filmmaker Mucha goes in search of traces of Andy Warhol's relatives in the small town of Medzilaborce and the neighboring village of Miková in Slovakia . The small towns are located in the triangle on the border between Slovakia, Poland and the Ukraine . Andy Warhol's parents were born, raised and married here before they emigrated to the United States before the First World War . Warhol was born in Pittsburgh in 1928 . Mucha asks the population about their most famous son and discovers a carefree approach to Warhol's art, Pop Art . He tracks down Andy Warhol's aunt, who still has memories of Warhol's parents. His cousins ​​proudly tell of their famous relative, who has always thought of them even in difficult times. So they received a delivery of brightly colored pumps that had been painted by him; a relative said she applied it and then threw it away. Even today they live in great poverty and high unemployment, which leads to racism against the Roma population. A Warhol Museum was opened in Medzilaborce, but its director struggles to finance and maintain this museum. Only a few tourists are interested in the museum. The population and relatives of Warhol therefore do not know much more about Andy Warhol than they did in the past. They used to say that he painted houses as a house painter, and today they still deny his homosexuality .

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The title refers to a poster by Andy Warhol for Absolut Vodka , which the filmmaker shows the residents as an example of Andy Warhol's opus.

Reviews

“From this correspondence of the big world and the deepest provinces, busyness and serenity grows the special atmosphere of the documentary film, which seeks the 'world in a drop of water', whereby it never exposes its characters to ridicule despite many bizarre and absurd moments. In the best passages it condenses into a parable on the transience of time and the finiteness of life. "

- Lexicon of international film

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