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TO STREAM THIS MONTH ‘Fact is stranger than fiction,’ or so the saying goes. Discover the extent to which it can be true in the following documentaries on fascinating people who dedicated their lives to acting, art, technology, music, and swindling! COMPILED BY MARISA CUTILLAS
THE ANDY WARHOL DIARIES Netflix
» Director: Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside the New York Times) Ryan Murphy, the brain behind hit series like Glee and American Horror Story brings us The Andy Warhol Diaries – a revelation of the avant-garde artist’s hidden inner life. The documentary is based on diary entries that reveal Warhol’s love for three men: Jed Johnson (an interior designer who was with him for 12 years), Jean-Michel Basquiat (a renowned painter with whom he seems to have had a platonic relationship), and Jon Gould (Paramount Pictures’ VicePresident). The documentary reveals that Warhol tried to portray himself as asexual and aloof to shield himself from a litany of fears and insecurities.
128 / APRIL 2022 ESSENTIAL MAGAZINE
