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Sarah Wooley - Fifteen Minutes

The last days of Pop Art and how Andy Warhol, with help from Truman Capote, invented celebrity culture. Stars Tobias Menzies.

By Sarah Wooley

"Making money is art, and working is art and good business is the best art." - Andy Warhol

Set in New York in the heady days of Studio 54, in the late 1970s and early 80s, "Fifteen Minutes" looks at the later period in Andy Warhol's life when he was painting portraits to commission and running 'Interview' magazine. Young editor, Bob Colacello has the bright idea of hiring the ageing Truman Capote to do celebrity interviews. In exchange for his monthly column, Capote would be gifted a portrait. And so began one of the most complicated and explosive of collaborations.

A 麻豆社 Scotland production directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.

45 minutes

Last on

Tue 7 Apr 2020 21:15

Credits

Role Contributor
Bob Colacello Will Howard
Andy Warhol Tobias Menzies
Truman Capote Adrian Rawlins
Fred Hughes David Seddon
Director Gaynor Macfarlane
Writer Sarah Wooley

Broadcasts

  • Mon 24 Aug 2015 14:15
  • Mon 24 Jul 2017 14:15
  • Tue 7 Apr 2020 11:15
  • Tue 7 Apr 2020 21:15

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