Review of Art History (2011) by Matthew S — 04 Apr 2016
Josephine Decker and Kent Osborne are the actors. Joe Swanberg is the director. At least this is the film's set-up. This second of Swanberg's Full Moon Trilogy signaled a key shift in his filmmaking.
His "no style" approach clearly forms into his own cinematic language. Nothing feels immature. You might think the line between reality and film-within-a-film is clear -- but there is a constant lingering level of "anti-suspense" that you are not able to identify the difference.
An often uneasy study of an artist grappling with his art that he may or may not want to bend into his own reality. There is brilliance here.
This review of Art History (2011) was written by Matthew S on 04 Apr 2016.
Art History has generally received negative reviews.
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