Art in America
"Kostabi's slow fade
makes Con Artist a
better movie"
Chicago Reader
“An enlightening look
at the go-go art
boom
of the '80s”
Cool Hunting
“The most intriguing documentary
we saw this year”
Denver Westword
"a fascinating story
"
Flavorpill
Required Viewing
Hammer to Nail
Michael Tully
"breezy and funny"
The Hollywood
Reporter
"an entertainingly
satirical doc"
The Independent
"riveting, hilarious"
L Magazine
"an excellent documentary"
Los Angeles Times
"a lively portrait of the enfant terrible in
middle age"
NewCity Chicago
"a well-etched portrait
of a desperate
arriviste hysteric"
New York Magazine
"an entertaining
boom-era fable"
"an entertaining documentary portrait
of one of the art world's most outrageous provocateurs"
The Oklahoma Gazette
"you’ll enjoy every awkward, outrageous minute"
The Orlando Weekly
"speaks volumes about what our society
considers worthy of
the cultural spotlight"
Paper Magazine
"So the con game
goes on. And we love it!"
Slant Magazine
"riveting...what the
film really shows, effortlessly, is what
one does in the face
of human loss "
Time Out Chicago
AA Dowd
“compelling...a cautionary tale about the reckless pursuit of celebrity”
Variety
"an entertaining reverie on the concept and addictive nature of celebrity"
The Village Voice
"the film gets at the pitiful need and loneliness that drives fame whores"
We Are Movie Geeks
"Con Artist blew me away"
AVAILABLE STREAMING AND ON DVD...
Con Artist a docu-comedy feature film by Michael Sládek
featuring Mark Kostabi with Pope Benedict XVI - Robin Byrd - Bill Clinton - Mike Cockrill - Daze
Michel Gondry - Wichy Hassan - Gary Indiana - Baird Jones - Jeff Koons - Donald Kuspit
Robin Leach - Dennis Miller - Glenn O’Brien - Maury Povich - Nick Zedd
music by 999999999 - Antimagic - The Battlecats - Dana Boulé - Robin Drysdale - Fur Cups For Teeth
Richie James Follin - Guignol - The Juggs - The Movies - Peelander-Z - Phillip Roebuck - The Sobs
These Are Powers - This Ambitious Orchestra - Two Star Symphony - The Willowz
PLUG UGLY FILMS in association with OVATION, THE GROUP ENTERTAINMENT,
ACME PICTURES, ROOM 5 FILMS and NEW YORKER FILMS present CON ARTIST
co-producers MICHAEL NIGRO, DENIS JENSEN, MARK STEELE co-producer / co-executive producer PERRY GREBIN
cinematography by MICHAEL SLADEK edited by JACOB BRICCA & MICHAEL SLADEK
executive producers GILL HOLLAND, GUILHERME CAMPELLON
directed and produced by MICHAEL SLADEK
distributed in North America by Argot Pictures & The Orchard / 1091 Media
CONTACT US: PlugUglyFilms@Gmail.com
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