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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 12 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 12 m

Summary Troublemakers unearths the history of land art in the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s when a cadre of renegade New York artists sought to transcend the limitations of painting and sculpture by producing earthworks on a monumental scale in the desolate desert spaces of the American southwest. Today these works remain impressive not ...

Directed By: James Crump

Written By: James Crump

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 12 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 12 m

Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art

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Summary Troublemakers unearths the history of land art in the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s when a cadre of renegade New York artists sought to transcend the limitations of painting and sculpture by producing earthworks on a monumental scale in the desolate desert spaces of the American southwest. Today these works remain impressive not ...

Directed By: James Crump

Written By: James Crump

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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9% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
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2 Reviews
9% Negative
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83
Jan 15, 2016
I call it art. And as long as I’m on the subject, I think the Grand Canyon is the greatest sculpture I have ever seen.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 7, 2016
The film’s generous views of spectacular works like Smithson’s monumental “Spiral Jetty” (the work projects into the Great Salt Lake in Utah) and Mr. Heizer’s “Double Negative” in Nevada (a huge trench bisected by a canyon) are best seen on the largest screen available.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 4, 2016
The absence of a central narrator for the most part prevents the film from devolving into gratuitous pedagogy.
By Sean Nam FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 5, 2016
The film is most illuminating on the prehistory of Land Art.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
63
Jan 14, 2016
Crump has directed Troublemakers with assurance and energy. Perhaps too much so.
By Mark Feeney FULL REVIEW
60
May 17, 2016
For anyone with at least a vague interest in the history of art, Troublemakers offers a fascinating if uneven viewing experience and a valuable record of a movement whose boldness still has the capacity to impress.
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Jan 6, 2016
This reverential documentary, crammed with insidery art-world anecdotes, seems unlikely to convince the average viewer why it was so important that several male artists ventured out of New York at that time to push dirt around with shovels and bulldozers.
By Sara Stewart FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Summitridge Pictures
Release Date Jan 8, 2016
Duration 1 h 12 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://troublemakersthefilm.com/
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