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- 2006
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 18 m
- 2006
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 18 m
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)
Directed By: Peter Rosen
- 2006
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 18 m
- 2006
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 18 m
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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)
Directed By: Peter Rosen
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Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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80% Positive
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20% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
70
80% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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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.
Shot with a Peter Greenaway-like austere impudence and edited brilliantly (by Jed Parker), this is an entertaining movie, and a moving one--even if, like me, you're not especially fond of these paintings or that scene.
Comes closer than most to seeing the whole picture.
Fun, lively, and a tad superficial.
The film's flippant style ultimately undermines its material - Rosen's decision not to immediately identify interviewees is especially irritating - and, ironically, makes the American art scene of the '60s appear as shallow and trendy as its detractors always claimed it was.
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.
This glib, largely uninformative and poorly organized précis of the post-World War II art scene, with its emphasis on New York in the 1960's and the curator Henry Geldzahler, succeeds neither as history nor as art history.
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Production Company
Muse Films & Television,
Peter Rosen Productions
Release Date Feb 1, 2006
Duration 1 h 18 m
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