Herb and Dorothy

2008 American film
  • January 28, 2008 (2008-01-28)
Running time
87 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$194,721[1]

Herb and Dorothy is a 2008 documentary film by Megumi Sasaki. The film tells the story of two middle-class collectors of contemporary art, Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, and the enormous and valuable collection of conceptual art and minimalist art they amassed in spite of their relatively meager salaries as New York City civil servants.[2] Many artists are interviewed in the film, including Christo, Chuck Close, Robert Mangold, and Pat Steir.

As of September 2009[update], the film had made $194,721 at the box office.[1]

Awards

  • 2008 Audience Award for Best Documentary, Hamptons International Film Festival[3]
  • 2008 Golden Starfish Documentary Feature Award, Hamptons International Film Festival[3]
  • 2008 Audience Award, Silverdocs Documentary Festival[4]
  • 2008 Audience Award for Best Documentary, Philadelphia Film Festival[5]
  • 2009 HBO Audience Award, Best Documentary, Provincetown International Film Festival[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Herb and Dorothy". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  2. ^ Beckman, Rachel (June 19, 2008). "'Herb and Dorothy': You Can't Spell Heart Without Art". Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  3. ^ a b "Hamptons International Film Festival » Awards". East Hampton, NY: Hamptons International Film Festival. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  4. ^ Comita, Jenny (November 2008). "Perfect Vision". W Magazine. New York, NY, USA: Condé Nast. Culture > Art & Design. ISSN 0162-9115. OCLC 1781845. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  5. ^ "Herb & Dorothy". arthousefilmsonline.com. New York, NY: Arthouse Films / New Video. July 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  6. ^ "HBO Audience Awards". ptownfilmfest.org. 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  • Official website (via Wayback Machine)
  • Herb and Dorothy at IMDb
  • Herb and Dorothy site for Independent Lens on PBS


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