Synopsis
Everyone's got an opinion.
A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art.
2009 Directed by Jonathan Parker
A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art.
There are moments where (Untitled) makes a few good points on the subjectivity, complexity, and contradictions of the art world. However, it's saddled with characters who are all just so goddamn smug and high on themselves (Adam Goldberg's in particular). Perhaps that's the point of the satire, but I feel like the envelope is pushed too far in that regard, so I never found any of the surrounding drama engaging. If the characters were less one-note, a better film would've probably been realized.
"(Unititled)" is a unique and for the most part, successful satire on the world of Avant Garde contemporary art and music poking fun at the not only insane artists, but also their even more mentally questionable gallery curators that stroke their ego and the rich patrons who are persuaded by them to purchase their visionaries' questionable art. While succeeding on nearly every front cinematically, it tonally dips too far into the realm of farce that can make what can be an appeal to intellectuals appear too low brow and thus losing the opportunity for their trust that's necessary given they are the ones being lampooned. Nevertheless it just does enough to pull its concept off and no matter if you find yourself in the "I could've done that" crowd or the "yeah, but you weren't a genius to" crowd you'll enjoy this mad parody of the world of art in the 21st century.
Something unexpected. Something strange and intriguing.
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Just like the art in this film it too is open for interpretation. I was a little uncertain about it at first, not sure how bored I was by it or whether it was worth a good look, but then I realized something about it. It was real. It showed people the way they really are in the types of situations that were going on. And it showed each person in every possible position that might be a part of those particular situations in an accurate light. Some movies end up without any likable characters, mostly due to the…
I think everyone is pretty constantly in fear of finding out that people think they're ridiculous.
Usually when a movie tries to do "a critique of modern art and the art scene" it goes so big and makes the art and the artists into a simplistic joke. While that line certainly is walked here I think more often than not it retains some sympathy and empathy.
I love Adam Goldberg in this, and really appreciated Adrian's character arc.
Although the movie makes some good points, the characters (especially Goldberg) are so cynical and unlikable that it was hard for me to care.
my professor put this on and i was tooooo hungry to actually give a fuck about it … i get it art is weird