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The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale
Riding the same 1980s wave as Julian Schnabel and Jean-Michel Basquiat, handsome and talented painter Chuck Connelly seemed destined for comparable art-world stardom. But even as he continued to produce hundreds of vibrant paintings, Connelly began to sabotage his own career, seemingly unable to straightjacket his strong opinions and unorthodox behavior into a winning art-star persona. Through interviews, intimate family videos and lively representations of Connelly's work, director Jeff Stimmel vividly captures the paradox of Connelly's repellant yet compelling personality, creating a perceptive and unvarnished portrait of the artist as his own worst enemy.
Summer Previews
(USA, 2008, 65 mins)
World Premiere
Directed By: Jeff Stimmel
Producer: Jeff Stimmel
Executive Producers: Diana Holtzberg, Sheila Nevins, Sara Bernstein
Editor: Paula Heredia
Music: Paul A. Anderson

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