A Short Film About John Bolton

A Short Film About John Bolton

2003
27m
6.4

6.4/10

10 votes • View on IMDb

"A documentary film crew takes a look at the inspiration behind artist John Bolton's painting."

Overview

A Short Film About John Bolton is a darkly hip and hilarious film explores the question that torments artists of every medium: "Where do your ideas come from?" Renowned artist John Bolton's paintings of voluptuous she-vampire nudes have earned this quiet eccentric a reputation for having a "damaged imagination." BBC radio personality Jonathan Ross buys his pieces, which leads interviewer extraordinaire Marcus Brigstocke to find out what the appeal is in Bolton's beautiful (but terrifying) artwork. Why does Bolton demand that his gallery "monsterpieces" speak for themselves? What does he do with that ornamental knife that he carries everywhere? Will Marcus ever learn how to operate the camera?

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Docurama SKA Films
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date January 24, 2003
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0420181

Cast

John O'Mahony
John O'Mahony

John Bolton

Marcus Brigstocke
Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus (Interviewer)

John Bolton
John Bolton

Guest Interviewed

Carolyn Backhouse
Carolyn Backhouse

Carolyn Dalgleish

Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross

Key Crew

David Reid
Producer
Neil Gaiman
Writer
Neil Gaiman
Director
Adam Bohling
Producer
Matthew Vaughn
Producer