F.X. Messerschmidt
A study of the sculptures of the Austrian sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783). Messerschmidt became well known for his ‘character heads’; which were highly realistic pyssionomic studies of conditions such as madness.
A study of the sculptures of the Austrian sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783). Messerschmidt became well known for his ‘character heads’; which were highly realistic pyssionomic studies of conditions such as madness.
A study of the sculptures of the Austrian sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783). Messerschmidt became well known for his ‘character heads’; which were highly realistic pyssionomic studies of conditions such as madness.
Nerdy Walter Paisley, a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla, by making a bust of her. When his klutziness results in the death of his landlady's cat, he panics and hides its body under a layer of plaster. But when Carla and her friends enthuse over the resulting artwork, Walter decides to create some bigger and more elaborate pieces using the same artistic process.
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Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty, Divine succeeded in becoming an internationally recognized icon, recording artist, and character actor of stage and screen. Glenn went from the often-mocked, schoolyard fat kid to underdog royalty, standing up for millions of gay men and women, drag queens and punk rockers, and countless other socially ostracized misfits and freaks. With a completely committed in-your-face style, he blurred the line between performer and personality, and revolutionized pop culture.
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