SummaryAn award-winning romantic drama about a photo magazine editor (Mitchell) and the heroin-addicted former photo prodigy (Sheedy) with whom she falls in love.
Directed By:Lisa Cholodenko
Written By:Lisa Cholodenko
High Art
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Who knew that Brat Packer Sheedy would shine as a heroin-addicted photographer who had too much fame too early?
80
Compassionate and deft as Cholodenko's helming is, pic's overall impact largely depends on its central triangle.
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With more angst than you can shake a stick at, High Art sets a new course for the indie American film. Instead of the usual Scorsese-esque buddy confab, we have something closer to the funky Fassbinder world of marginalized, pansexual depressives.
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Sensitive acting and imaginative filmmaking help rescue the movie from potential excesses of its own.
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Has a subtle magnetism, and a real human pulse, especially as it concentrates on its two main characters.
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Solid debut effort from Lisa Cholodenko.
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It is wonderful to see how Sheedy gives shape to this performance -- her eyes, a photographer's eyes, carefully sizing everything up. [18 June 1998, Daily Notebook, p.E1]
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Jun 21, 2014
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There have been almost 4 years since lesbian director/writer Lisa Cholodenko’s mainstream breakthrough dramedy THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (2010, 9/10), and we still have no clue of her follow-up, she might be in a writer’s block, so I root out her 1998 director debut HIGH ART, a post-modern romance between Syd (Mitchell), a greenhorn assistant editor of Frame magazine and a hedonistic former photographer Lucy (Sheedy) in Manhattan. read rest of my review on my blog, google cinema omnivore, thanks
Production Company:
- 391 Productions
- Antidote Films (I)
- October Films
Release Date:Jun 12, 1998
Duration:1 h 41 m
Rating:R
Tagline:a story of ambition, sacrifice, seduction and other career moves.
Awards
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Chlotrudis Awards
• 4 Nominations
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
