One Word Movie

Art School Confidential

Pablo Picasso, as Jonathan Richman so eloquently observes in his song of the same name, was never called an asshole. And while this insight is fine material for a 4'21" pop song, when it's stretched out to feature film length it does flag somewhat (I do think the song gets a bit dull after the third minute as well, in fairness). The problem with the film is that it's too broad to be a drama and not funny enough to be a comedy, so I got bored after only 20 minutes of non-stop exposition and read some insurance schedules instead.

Even though Ghost World was brilliant, Terry Zwigoff and Daniel Clowes have let themselves down a bit here with this shit. Oh well, I am going to see that Zodiac tonight which hopefully will have neither students nor teachers in it and therefore might be good.

posted by Chairman Peyote @ 6:51 AM