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A documentary that looks at how early filmmaking influenced the Cubist painters Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
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| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerA marvelous documentary by art gallery legend and sometime filmmaker Arne Glimcher. |
| NYC Film CriticEthan AlterOne of the strengths of Arne Glimcher's documentary is that it effectively chronicles an era when going to the movies was a novelty. |
| SSG SyndicateSusan GrangerAn intriguing, captivating glimpse into the creative process. |
| NewsBlazePrairie MillerThe subject matter is without a doubt intriguing, but a more poetic and emotionally charged approach to the material at hand, beyond that exquisite silent footage, would have enhanced the presentation. |
| Movie MetropolisChristopher LongThere was once a time when the nascent medium of cinema struggled for legitimacy. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzFor those with a scholarly outlook towards film or art it's worth checking out, while others will probably not get much out of it. |
| Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierAs a rambling rumination on turn-of-the-century aestheticism with brazen flourishes of apophenia, the documentary is strangely effective, but we're left aching for more specific piece-by-piece analysis. |
| Boston PhoenixGerald PearyThere's no proof anywhere of this film's key premise -- that cinema was the catalyst for these artists' pre-World War I forays into Cubism. |
| Village VoiceNick PinkertonPicasso and Braque's primary merit is its archive-raiding evocation of the period discussed through vintage nitrate images. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisThere is much to learn from Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies. First, a wealth of sharp professorial minds and great artistic eyes is no guarantee of equivalent documentary moviemaking. Second, when making a sort of thesis statement, it helps to have a thesis. |