In the future, everyone will be Andy Warhol for 15 Minutes

It’s Nat King Cole obv. Did he record it multiple times?

Ha, if I Google that first hit is a YouTube of him singing that but then the lyrics to “Mona Lisa.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0XJCJ1Srw

Bonus video for Commodore Amiga diehards that showed up in my feed next to that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Hd3uWKFKY

Although this might be more your speed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfPUCTQJnb8

Might as well follow through according to the rule of three:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoiTjDWISS8

Call me for your lover's alibi, kids

Now kind of want to see someone do a deepfake take on Star Trek TOS in which, say, the Enterprise computer talks in the voice of AI Andy.

Also waiting for Josefa and m. coleman to come back and voice their takes before I (re)state mine.

All right, then. I found it perfectly watchable. I reckon it works best as a supplement to reading the actual Diaries. Obviously just putting visuals to the whole thing is extremely helpful, and it seems they did a good job of amassing & organizing a ton of photographic documentation. It's good at supplying context to the main romantic relationships in Warhol's life, although the incessant focus on his love life unbalances the doc. I didn't need to see 6,000 pictures of Jon Gould. What about his other close friends (not the ones who are also interviewees)? Also would have liked to hear more about what compelled him to go out every night during his peak partygoing period. And most of all I wanted more about his sense of humor and irony, and his unique gift for observing behavior. Bc these are the things that come through most clearly when I read the Diaries.

I would've liked to hear a little more about the logistics behind Pat Hackett's work on the Diaries as well.

There's a lot of projection of contemporary attitudes and concerns onto Warhol in the doc. And some pushback against it. But that was kind of a distraction.

Some of the analysis of his art struck me as dubious, but what're ya gonna do.

It’s Nat King Cole obv. Did he record it multiple times?

It sounds like it's just him and a guitarist, no band; I can't trace this version.

Are you trolling? Listen to the video I posted.

I can’t argue with any of your points, Josefa, I just accepted that this was how they decided to tell the story. Although truth be told I didn’t really care for those commentators who didn’t know him and weren’t curators either.

Yeah there are a million people who did know him but aren't in it, so that makes you wonder. Some people just won't talk, I realize. And I know there's a budget to worry about with these things.

I mean the doc is quite enjoyable and I'd recommend it to anyone. The filler material doesn't take away from the many good and relevant quotes that are also in it. It's just the overall emphasis of the thing is not exactly where I would've wanted it.

Also I should say that from first hearing Netflix has a documentary based on The Andy Warhol Diaries, this was far better than what I expected.

It is happening again.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/09/arts/design/warhol-auction-marilyn-monroe.html

Wait, I never saw anything from it except the “Nowhere to Run” scene with Gerard and Edie but… Vinyl is an adaptation of A Clockwork Orange?

I mean I kind of love this scene, maybe I should try to watch the whole thing. Jonathan Rosenbaum is a fan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDm_cptMRNI

Doesn’t seem to be streaming of course.

I was recently watching a doc about 9/11 that I'd never seen before, it was from the perspective of people who had filmed it on their handycams from home or in the street, and up pops Jonas Mekas, standing on the roof of his apartment block, not filming, just observing.

Vinyl is an adaptation of A Clockwork Orange?

As much of one as you can get with one camera setup and a handful of actors reading Nadsatesque dialogue from scripts or cue cards.