Whaam! Blam! Roy Lichtenstein and the Art of Appropriation (2022)
80 min
Was Roy Lichtenstein a great artist, a thief, or both? This is the question addressed by the feature documentary WHAAM! BLAM! Roy Lichtenstein and the Art of Appropriation. Along with Andy Warhol, Lichtenstein created the Pop Art movement of the 1960s. His comic-based paintings reside in the greatest art galleries and can fetch more than $150 million. But some view this renowned artist as a plagiarist. WHAAM! BLAM! focuses upon the last living comic artists whose work was “appropriated” by Lichtenstein, and they are not happy.
- Release date
- November 9, 2022
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- David Barsalou as Roy Lichtenstein Researcher
- Bradford Collins as Art Scholar
- Nathan Dunne as Art Historian
- Hy Eisman as Comic Artist
- Pamela Franks as Art Gallery Director
- Dave Gibbons as Watchmen Co-Creator
- Marc Greenberg as Comic Art Law Specialist
- Bill Griffith as 'Zippy the Pinhead' Creator
- Ryan Groff as Musician
- Russ Heath as Comic Artist
Crew
- James L. Hussey · Director
- Jesse Finley Reed · Director
- Roy Lichtenstein · Writer
- Tory Estern · Producer
- Cammiel W. Hussey · Producer
- Tory Estern Jadow · Producer
- Derek Wayne Johnson · Producer
- Brandon Batten · Cinematographer
- Emma Herrmann · Cinematographer
- James L. Hussey · Cinematographer
- Tory Estern Jadow · Editor