Friday, November 10, 2006
The beginning of Art School Confidential reminded me of one of those Saturday-morning sitcoms aimed at teenagers. And not in a good way. It's too bad, because the insular universe of art school is ripe for a black comedy, and the premise could not have been in better hands: Terry Zwigoff directed the documentary Crumb, about the cartoonist Robert Crumb, and one of my all-time favorite movies, Ghost World. That's not to say that there weren't some truly funny moments in the movie, and seeing John Malkovich again made me want to order all of his movies from Netflix.
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I have unconditional love for Ghost World, and therefore Zwigoff and Clowes, but Art School Confidential .. it was never nearly as fun as it thought it was, and that tacked-on murder plot was just ridiculous
Yeah, it was ridiculous and a huge disappointment. You’ve got a great blog, by the way! We seem to have the same taste in movies.
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