Monday, December 21, 2009
BUT IS IT ART?
Today's film was George Gallo's
This is part coming of age story and part a defense of representational art.
Sound stuffy? Not at all. Especially when it is done in the words of the curmudgeonly art teacher who takes over our young man's painting education for the summer.
Of course, the abstract expressionists hardly get a word in but it is still interesting and the story is good. Often touching.
Nothing bad happens. It is all good. And that is not telling you anything.
The photography is, naturally, representational and is natural! The landscapes keep coming and the composition of many scenes could be right off a canvas. A painterly eye is directing.
Gallo is a painter and the story is semi-autobiographical. I understand that it is three teachers rolled into one for the film. I am pretty sure most of the paintings in the film are his and you can see more on Gallo's website. Plein air. Good.
I liked it a lot. It somehow teaches and entertains at the same time. Thought provoking. Beautiful. Very nice.
I will give this a 3 out of Netflix5.
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