Product Details

• Actors: Hasil Adkins, Bill Coleman, Joe Coleman, Manuel De Landa, Katharine Gates
• Directors: Robert-Adrian Pejo
• Writers: Walt Michelson
• Producers: Florian Michel, Heinz Stussak, Michael Seeber
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: The Disinformation Company
• DVD Release Date: February 24, 2004
• Run Time: 112 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001A79P8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,230 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "R.I.P.: Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

New York Post

"A riveting examination of an artist who refuses to paint–or play–on the mainstream canvas... squirm-inducing."

Product Description

R.I.P Rest in Piecesis director Robert-Adrian Pejo’s intimate portrait of painter Joe Coleman, who is known around the world as a shamanic, moral voice diagnosing the ills of 21st century America. Coleman holds nothing back, telling us of a world wracked with tumorous cities, perversion, divorce, violence, atomic bombs, and a human race destroying itself "simply because we are born.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like "Crumb" but with Joe Coleman!, May 27, 2004

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"skeeze29" (Seattle, WA and Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: R.I.P.: Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman (DVD)

If you like Joe Coleman, you are gonna LOVE getting your grubby mitts on this DVD! It's fantastic! It's obvious the director was hewing a little close to the "Crumb" line when this was made, but SO WHAT? It's awesomely funny, cool, insightful and yes, it has a cast of the weirdos surrounding Joe Coleman (similar to "Crumb" I mean to say). With Hasil Adkins, Jim Jarmusch and extras with foxy mama Asia Aregento. I loved this DVD, it's excellent quality, too, you can really see his paintings. Shot on 35mm for a high class package all around.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disjointed Documentary, March 19, 2004

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This review is from: R.I.P.: Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman (DVD)

Being a fan of Joe Coleman's paintings I was looking forward to this DVD release of R.I.P. which originally came out in 1996. I came away knowing a little more about Joe Coleman's work, but in the end, this documentary lacked focus and was too disjointed for my tastes. Most of the film is Coleman talking about his world views, his views on art, and his views on his own paintings. There's also old footage of his performance art and interviews with friends of Coleman's. There's very little footage of Coleman at work showing how a painting develops over time which would have been interesting. Throughout the entirety of the film you see him working on a small area of a nearly completed painting. You also get glimpses of Coleman's "Odditorium" but overall the film gives you many bits and pieces without making a cohesive whole. The most interesting parts were the interviews with his ex-wives/girlfriends and with his current wife who is shown in a short segment as a DVD extra. For a documentary about such a wonderful painter, there wasn't enough focus on the art. Coleman fans will still find something to like in this DVD but overall it's a disappointment.

4.0 out of 5 stars It's Joe Coleman, what more do you need to know?, August 1, 2007

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Robert P. Beveridge "xterminal" (Lakewood, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: R.I.P.: Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman (DVD)

Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman (Robert Adrian Pejo, 1997)

Joe Coleman. You probably haven't heard of him. (Well, okay, if you're reading this review on Amazon, you probably searched on his name, and you probably do know who he is, so ignore that.) You should have. Coleman is what is commonly known these days as an outsider artist, the kind of guy whose stuff you'll rarely, if ever, see hanging in galleries. But you should.

Pejo's documentary follows Coleman around, interviews friends and supporters (including filmmaker Jim Jarmusch), and generally gets Coleman's take on life. That take is not pretty. It is, however, fascinating (and, depending on your point of view, accurate). Coleman is a charismatic character, whatever you feel about the man's art, and he comes across well here. Persuasive, well, that's up to you, but I don't think he cares one way or the other; he's got a point to make, and he makes it, and who cares whether anyone agrees?

In the end, it does what a documentary is supposed to do: illuminate its subject. I liked it. *** ½