It has also been available for years on the Illegal Art website. Even Youtube has it, in amongst the cute kitties and skateboard stunts. I’m not sure how they’re getting away with it, given that other programmes that violate copyright regulations routinely get pulled. As at time of writing, the whole film can be viewed at Google Video. However, it’s well known that Carpenter objected to the portrayal of his sister’s eating disorder, and the depiction of himself as a closeted, heartless control freak. Officially, the film is unavailable because director Todd Haynes did not acquire the proper music rights from their owner Richard Carpenter. Mashing up the genres of the biopic, movie-of-the-week behind-the-scenes melodrama and a documentary about anorexia, it’s almost all told with Barbie dolls. It’s a film so unusual that it has the WTF appeal that makes for a good “cult” movie (and I don’t use that term often, fearing its overuse, commodification). One of the few films that remains thoroughly banned and illegal, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter retains some of its cult mystique.
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