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Trailer: Matt Smith Is Artist Robert Mapplethorpe In 2019 Release ‘Mapplethorpe’

Mapplethorpe trailer – Matt Smith leads the cast of this forthcoming true story, which is set to land in cinemas in 2019. The film charts the life of the artists, arguably one the greatest of the 20th century.

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Mapplethorpe trailer – Matt Smith leads the cast

We’ve got the Mapplethorpe trailer below but first, here’s the official synopsis.

Mapplethorpe discovered himself both sexually and artistically in New York City throughout the 70’s and 80’s. The film explores Mapplethorpe’s life from moments before he and Patti Smith moved into the famed Chelsea hotel, home to a world of bohemian chic. Here he begins photographing its inhabitants and his new found circle of friends including artists and musicians, socialites, film stars, and members of the S&M underground. Mapplethorpe’s work displayed eroticism in a way that had never been examined nor displayed before to the public. The film explores the intersection of his art and his sexuality along with his struggle for mainstream recognition.

Mapplethorpe offers a nuanced portrait of an artist at the height of his craft and of the self-destructive impulses that threaten to undermine it all.

You can read more about Robert Mapplethorpe over at The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation over here. Mapplethorpe, the film, starts to roll into cinemas from next March.

Watch the Mapplethorpe trailer below.

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