Art school confidential from the director of ghost world and bad santa, art school confidential follows talented young artist jerome platz max minghella as he escapes from high school to a tiny east coast art school. Art school confidential 2006 financial information. It was written, like his ghost world, by the artist daniel clowes and based on one of clowes graphic novels. Sophia plays audrey, the daughter of a semifamous artist who poses nude for a school art class but has a skeptical view of the pretentious art scene. Terry zwigoff reunites with daniel clowes, his screenwriting partner on ghost world 2001, for a hilariously acerbic look at the pretentious world of art school. John malkovitch is perfect in his role as the hasbeen art professor desperately trying to book a show to rekindle his reputation. And in the simpatico oeuvre of comics artist and screenwriter daniel clowes, who provides the art school setting of their new collaboration. After crumb, zwigoff moved on to write and direct fiction feature films, including the academy award nominated ghost world 2001 and. Aaron neuwirth rated art school confidential on 20200520. It is loosely based on the comic of the same name by daniel clowes. Tomatometer critics 36% audience 48% art school confidential follows jerome, an art student who dreams of becoming the greatest artist in the world. Art professor critiques your art school portfolio duration.
Channel 4 tagged the resfest premiers as some of this winters coolest films. Art school confidential is a 2006 american comedydrama film directed by terry zwigoff and starring max minghella, sophia myles, john malkovich, jim broadbent, matt keeslar, ethan suplee, joel moore, nick swardson, adam scott, and anjelica huston. Art school confidential is a case of a pretty good movie or maybe i should say a very good movie that proved impossible to market. At times art school confidential is almost likable, and the supporting cast is criminally under used. Filmmaker terry zwigoff and comic artist and screenwriter daniel clowes, who collaborated for the acclaimed 2001 comedydrama ghost world, team up once again for this offbeat satire. United artists corporation sony pictures classics firm. Art school confidential is a 2006 american comedydrama film directed by terry zwigoff and starring max minghella, sophia myles, john malkovich, jim.
Art school confidential 2006 cast and crew jerome max minghella, a freshman at a prestigious art school, dreams of making it big, but his arrogance and affectations hamper his chances. Art school confidential 2006 terry zwigoff synopsis. While jerome enjoys daydreams of becoming the bestrespected painter on earth and winning the hearts of. Drawing on three years of fieldwork in beijing and shandong province since 2006, professor chumley traced the history and the expansion of art academics, programs, and art test prep. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. In his intellectual black comedy art school confidential terry zwigoff brilliantly combines fine art and sinister crime together jeering at the nature of fame and popularity. Endless generations have heard and ignored the warnings of poverty and failure, such as sandys advice to go to banking school or web site school. Art school confidential follows jerome, an art student who dreams of becoming. Illustrator daniel clowes turned his experiences as an art student at pratt institute in brooklyn into a comic book, and later the screenplay on which the film is based.
Applicants must have completed a bachelors degree from an accredited institution, and must have at least a 3. John malkovich and matt keeslar in art school confidential 2006 sophia myles and michael shamus wiles. If youve ever taken art classes or gone to an art school youll find yourself laughing along at all the really funny artiist personalities and stereotypes represented by different students and teachers in the film. With a vengeance on tuesday may 19, 2020 on 20200520. Art school confidential, in contrast, is indifferent to the niceties of framing, lighting and narrative rhythm, as muddled and hectic as a student art project pulled off in a single, desperate. Art school confidential 2006 stream and watch online. Art school confidential 2006 jerome max minghella, a freshman at a prestigious art school, dreams of making it big, but his arrogance and affectations hamper his chances. A father of another student looks on as a female student bends over in a short skirt to do something with her shoe.
Unlike some of his classmates, jerome seems to be in art school for the. Usually but of course not always the focus at an art school is on providing an environment and training that helps its graduates launch into a career centered around some kind of creating of art and other areas that support those types of endeavors or study those endeavors like art history, art criticism, creative writing, film studies. The independent and foreign film discussion group talkaboutfilms talks about the film. And in the simpatico oeuvre of comics artist and screenwriter daniel clowes, who provides the artschool setting of their new collaboration.
Dialogue in english with optional soundtracks in french, portuguese and spanish and optional subtitles in english, chinese, french, portuguese or spanish. Jim broadbent shows up briefly and steals the movie as a flamed out, suicidal, former student. His latest feature film was art school confidential, whose bestknown stars are john malkovich, jim broadbent, and anjelica huston. Here the boyish freshmans ambition is to become the worlds greatest artist, like his hero picasso. Art school confidential couldve easily have been big circle jerk where young uppity college kids argue about war, american politics, german expressionism, 18th century french bureaucracy and the writerdirector obviously use characters as surrogates for their hip opinions, but it doesnt. Arriving as a freshman at a prestigious east coast art school, filled with every. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds. She smokes, drinks some, and seems to have had a lesbian lover in the past. The national film theatre on londons south bank time. He first garnered attention for his work in documentary filmmaking with louie bluie 1985 and crumb 1994.
Art school confidential 2006 cast and crew moviefone. Art school confidential follows talented young artist jerome platz max minghella as he escapes from high school to a tiny east coast art school. A color version of the comic was included in the published version of clowes original screenplay. Art school confidential is the beatendown, cynical hipster brother of american pie all about how to be popular and how to get laid, but with worse language and a far bleaker outlook on life. Watch art school confidential 2006 online full movie. Oct 06, 2014 theres nothing to learn, so youre all wasting your time. Starring max minghella, sophia myles, john malkovhich, jim broadbent and. Art school confidential 2006 letterboxd social film. Zwigoff also made the great documentary crumb, about another artist who is entirely his own creation. One is likely to agree with him after watching art school confidential. About jeromes drawing class, vince says, i hear you get to see lots of naked vagina.
Everything you need to know about art school confidential movie. Art school confidential follows jerome, an art student who dreams of becoming the. Through studying and practicing the art of motion pictures, youll discover more than movies youll discover a true passion for creation. He picked upenn with a goal to go to graduate school for nanotechnology. Everything you need to know about art school confidential. Art school confidential 2006 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Ghost world, crumb, and bad santa director terry zwigoff has a remarkable gift for nailing characters in just a few telling details. Art school confidential nude scenes naked pics and. Art school confidential 2006 uses the comingofage experience of ambitious freshman painter jerome platz to skewer the selfimportant buffoons who traipse through the hallowed halls of a revered east coast institution.
Rent art school confidential 2006 starring max minghella and sophia myles on dvd and bluray. Otoh art school confidential is a somewhat funny somewhat dark dramacomedy. The film loses its way with multiple subplots, becoming a. Art school confidential 2006 nude scenes film would have worked better as a straight comedy or drama, but zwigoff never seems to want to commit to either one, and the movie and the audience end up struggling. Art school confidential 2006 theatrical trailer youtube. Watch art school confidential 2006 online full movie youtube. As we work to adjust to the current reality, make sure to check out these dedicated covid19 resources.
Art school confidential on dvd october 10, 2006 starring john malkovich, max. The film is zwigoffs second collaboration with clowes, the first being 2001s. Jerome max minghella is an aspiring artist who arrives at a prestigious east coast art institute to study. Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. Art school confidential follows jerome, an art student who dreams of becoming the greatest artist in the world. Terry zwigoff born may 18, 1949 citation needed is an american filmmaker whose work often deals with misfits, antiheroes, and themes of alienation. Seeing an art school brochure that jerome is carrying, another kid asks if hes jerking off at school now. Next up was the overall box office leader, mission. Its a movie about an art school that is unlike any actual educational facility.
Emmanuelle and the art of love 1 bikini traffic school 1 student confidential 1. Artists are born, not made, and the real reason to study the arts is to have fun, learn technical skills, network with other creative types, fall in love with people who are not boring, and do the work you probably would have done anyway. Art school confidential release information simply sophia. Max minghella, jim broadbent, john malkovich, sophia myles. Everyday life of art school is shadowed by crimes of serial killer in vicinity. Rent art school confidential 2006 on dvd and bluray. Art school confidential is a fourpage blackandwhite comic by daniel clowes. I believe you can go to school to learn to be an accountant, a doctor, a physicist, an engineer, an astronaut. Art school confidential release information simply. Art school confidential is a 2006 film directed by terry zwigoff.
It could have been done better but its the only art school movie that i am aware of. And art school also features some great performances by john malkovich as a bitter, unsuccessful artist forced to teach, and smaller roles played by angelica huston and jim broadbent are also worth looking for, even if they are jumbled into a wellmeaning, but ultimately flawed, film. Art school confidential on dvd october 10, 2006 starring john malkovich, max minghella, jim broadbent, ezra buzzington. Rent art school confidential 2006 on dvd and bluray dvd. Art school confidential starts out like a million other virgin at college movies, but quickly hits its stride with a series of deadon parodies of art school and art students. On or about december 31, 1969 the film was in completed status. Art school confidential starts out as a great movie that eventually devolves into a pretty good one. With max minghella, sophia myles, john malkovich, jim broadbent. For the latest flss session on february 23, professor lily chumley offered a critique of creativity based on her decadelong ethnographic study into chinas art school expansion and students art practice. Art school confidential follows a talented young artist jerome platz as he escapes from high school to a tiny east coast art school. John malkovich instructs max minghella in art school confidential. May 05, 2006 art school confidential, in contrast, is indifferent to the niceties of framing, lighting and narrative rhythm, as muddled and hectic as a student art project pulled off in a single, desperate.
She takes a liking to jerome, but is then drawn to jonah. Also art school confidential will have a limited release in australia on november 23. December 2008 edited february 2009 in visual arts and film majors. Over the course of its hundred minute runtime, art school confidential does its damnedest to underwhelm. Terry zwigoff made one of my favorite movies ghost world. Art school confidential on dvd 043396158849 from sony pictures home entertainment. Aaron neuwirth watched and rated the painter and the thief. This was recommended to me for fun viewing by main art professor at college. Staring jim broadbent, anjelica huston, john malkovich and max minghella. Jim broadbent shows up briefly and steals the movie as.
But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him. Art school confidential, the new comedy by terry zwigoff, seems to share these sentiments. Art school confidential was zwigoffs second collaboration with writer daniel clowes. Art school confidential by daniel clowes goodreads.
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