I purchased this movie so that I could show clips of it to my college class. It is a PERFECT visual description of just what an art major encounters in their first semester in art school. It paints a funny, shocking and disturbingly true to life portrait of the art school experience. For anyone who loves art this is a must see.
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HORRIBLE.
Added 12/28/2009
Terrible movie. It's completely degrading to art students, on top of the fact that it's perverted and terribly resolved.
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doesn't send a good message about art
Added 12/23/2009
The whole concept of artists as being crazy to get fame
is kind of a satire here: the serial killer is a failed
artist. The young student wants to be great so he can get the girl of his dreams.
End result is the young artists behind bars...?
What is new and fresh in the decadent streets of New York:
an undercover detective with no art training pretending to be an artist?
The nude model whose Dad is a "previously" great artist
is disillusioned with art and looking for something new and fresh too.
I kind of liked the film,
but I wouldn't show it to the freshman class.
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Artistically Independant
Added 1/26/2009
I loved this movie. The acting is great, the raw artistic passion is there and as dark as the story-line was the movie did not fail to induce laughter through its witty sarcasm.
The ingredients are all there: passion, artistic talent, art school environment, murder and loads of bitterness. Add to that a dash of John Malkovich and you have got one hell of an independent movie on your hands.
It gives a rare view of the art world from every angle possible. The art student's view, the washed-up artist's view, the art professor that never made its view, the art dealers' view and the artist's muse's view. What more could you ask for?
Definitely a movie worth watching.
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Great fun!
Added 1/13/2009
Never forget: "MANY ARE CALLED, FEW ARE CHOSEN!" This film should be required viewing for all wannabe artists, actors, musicians, athletes, etc. Could save them YEARS of grief. For most wannabes it's much, much better to have a decent-paying day job, and pursue their creative dreams strictly for their own satisfactions. ... in other words, F.T.W. Remember, too: So-called artistic strivings and sufferings are self-imposed. All the TALENT in the world won't help if you lack CONNECTIONS and LUCK. Just some friendly, fatherly advice. PS: Malkovich was great in this film!
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