Make Me Famous screens at Hot Docs Cinema, Tuesday & Wednesday

The crazy tale of painter Ed Brezinski makes for an entertaining trip through New York's Lower East Side scene of the early 80s. 

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Make Me Famous is actor/filmmaker Brian Vincent's engaging deep dive into the life of Detroit-born Edward Brezinski, a charismatic Lower East Side painter on the fringe of success, who thwarted his career with antics that roiled NYC's art elite. Through a series of insightful interviews with a colourful cast of characters that includes David McDermott, Mark Kostabi, Eric Bogosian, Kenny Scharf and Richard Hambleton along with gallery owners Annina Nosei, Patti Astor and Patrick Fox, Make Me Famous reveals a unique snapshot of the 1980s art explosion while unearthing the truth of Brezinski's mysterious final journey to the Cote d'Azur. This madcap romp is an intimate look at the art world's attitude towards success and failure, fame and fortune, notoriety and erasure. Filmed in NYC, Detroit, San Francisco, Ireland, Berlin and France. 

Make Me Famous screens at Hot Docs Cinema on Tuesday (January 31) at 4 pm and Wednesday (February 1) at 1:30 pm. Join director Brian Vincent, producer Heather Spore, composer Jeremiah Bornfield and art critic/film subject Lenny Kisko for a Q&A at the Wednesday, February 1st showing. Moderated by Moe “Noam” Rosen. Watch the trailer below.