Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World

2015 1h 30m EN

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Synopsis

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Alastair Sooke champions pop art as one of the most important art forms of the twentieth century, peeling back pop's frothy, ironic surface to reveal an art style full of subversive wit and radical ideas. In charting its story, Alastair brings a fresh eye to the work of pop art superstars Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein and tracks down pop's pioneers, from American artists like James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg and Ed Ruscha to British godfathers Peter Blake and Allen Jones. Alastair also explores how pop's fascination with celebrity, advertising and the mass media was part of a global art movement, and he travels to China to discover how a new generation of artists are reinventing pop art's satirical, political edge for the 21st century.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Alastair Sooke
Presenter
Peter Blake
Himself
James Rosenquist
Himself

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jude Ho
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Alastair Sooke and Peter Blake and James Rosenquist carry the top of the cast.

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IMDB entry: tt5520602 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Jude Ho directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 11 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Alastair Sooke and Peter Blake and James Rosenquist carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt5520602 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.