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Off the Wall

1981 55 min
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In this feature documentary, art and business collide with a look at how artists and artistic integrity achieve success in the marketplace. Sketches on artists and the art world are combined with exploration by the filmmaker of his own relationship to art. The film features artists General Idea, Mendelson Joe, Jack Pollock, Arnold Edinborough, Vera Frenkel, Colette Whiten, David Buchan and Pat Fleisher.

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In this feature documentary, art and business collide with a look at how artists and artistic integrity achieve success in the marketplace. Sketches on artists and the art world are combined with exploration by the filmmaker of his own relationship to art. The film features artists General Idea, Mendelson Joe, Jack Pollock, Arnold Edinborough, Vera Frenkel, Colette Whiten, David Buchan and Pat Fleisher.

  • director
    Derek May
  • script
    Derek May
  • editing
    Derek May
  • narrator
    Derek May
  • producer
    Tom Daly
  • executive producer
    Barrie Howells
  • cinematography
    Barry Perles
  • sound
    Claude Hazanavicius
    Ingrid Cusiel
  • sound editing
    Danuta Klis
  • re-recording
    Hans Peter Strobl
    Adrian Croll

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