Andy Warhol's Home Movies, Part II

Art, death and big-screen impersonation.

Of course, Warhol's experimental movies were underpinned by the great irony that Andy was a huge fan of Hollywood and celebrity. As he once said, "I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. Everything's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic." And judging from his behaviour in the 1980s, our man was keen to become a full-blown plastic person.

Alas, Andy didn't live long enough to become a bona fide movie star - he died in 1987, aged just 58 - but his cameo in Sydney Pollack's comedy-drama Tootsie hints at what might have been.

But it would take more than death to prevent Andy Warhol conquering Hollywood. Since he was a huge, world-shaping figure, filmmakers queued up to showcase Warhol in their stories.