How LA Learned to Love Modern Art. A lesson in how a few renegade artists built an art scene from scratch.... (Full plot summary below)
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How LA Learned to Love Modern Art. A lesson in how a few renegade artists built an art scene from scratch.
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| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe rare footage of '50s and '60s L.A. alone is a treasure; the City of Angels has rarely looked so hip. Bonus: cool music from the likes of Charles Mingus and the Velvet Underground. |
| San Francisco ChronicleKenneth BakerTakes its title from an early Artforum article that described the sleek aesthetic of the then-new Southern California art. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxHappily, many of the figures spoken about throughout the film are still with us -- Neville is even able to reproduce Patricia Foure's famous group photo with most of its original subjects. |
| Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoSweeps you off your feet with quick-witted visuals and cleverly used archival footage. |
| NewsBlazeKam WilliamsThough designed more for the devotee of the arts than your average moviegoer, the film is still apt to enthrall even the uninitiated who wouldn't know a Jackson Pollock from a Willem de Kooning. |
| Village VoiceNathan LeeAll told, and well told, this is essential history. |
| VarietyJohn AndersonWhat The Cool School does so well, through its color accents and black-and-white photography, through the kinetic music that propels Jeff Bridges' narration by and the unorthodox attitude that reflects the artists themselves, is impart a sense of discovery. |
| The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenDocumentarian Morgan Neville has fashioned a spirited riposte to the groundless cliche that Los Angeles is a cultural wasteland. |
| Film4Sam JordisonOccasionally too reverent, this remains an effective evocation of a vibrant and interesting art scene, not to mention a touching paean to lost youth. |
| L.A. WeeklyRon StringerVeteran documentarist Morgan Neville's illustrated history of the painters and sculptors associated with Venice's Ferus Gallery (1957-1967) is at once lively and analytical. |
