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70 out of 100

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  • Summary: This documentary provides a wild ride through the NYC art scene of the 1960's, through the eyes of Henry Geldzahler, the first curator of contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Film Forum)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Phil Hall
    100
    One of the greatest art documentaries ever made. Through an imaginative mixture of rare footage, audio recordings and contemporary interviews with the living legends of modern art, Rosen has created a cinematic portrait which is, in itself, a work of art.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    90
    Lively, intelligent collage, both richly complex and immediately accessible.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ed Halter
    60
    A TV-style compilation of big-name talking heads and occasionally fascinating footage, the film convokes an impressive cast of interviewees-David Hockney, Frank Stella, and Ellsworth Kelly among them--yet seems too dazzled by their luminance to squeeze a substantial analysis of Geldzahler from their pithy testimonials.

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  1. PeggyQuinn
    10
    Excellent film. Editing was superb; sound track was perfect.
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  2. Lois
    9
    Loved it. This film gave me a real sense of the art scene in the 60's and the man who played such a prominent role in it.
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