Jan 24, 2003
27 min
Full-HD

A Short Film About John Bolton (2003)

A Short Film About John Bolton is a darkly hip and hilarious film explores the question that torments artists of every medium: "Where do your ideas come from?" Renowned artist John Bolton's paintings of voluptuous she-vampire nudes have earned this quiet eccentric a reputation for having a "damaged imagination." BBC radio personality Jonathan Ross buys his pieces, which leads interviewer extraordinaire Marcus Brigstocke to find out what the appeal is in Bolton's beautiful (but terrifying) artwork. Why does Bolton demand that his gallery "monsterpieces" speak for themselves? What does he do with that ornamental knife that he carries everywhere? Will Marcus ever learn how to operate the camera?

Category

Documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Docurama SKA Films

John O'Mahony

John Bolton

Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus (Interviewer)

John Bolton

Guest Interviewed

Carolyn Backhouse

Carolyn Dalgleish

Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross

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