High Art | | Cast : | Radha Mitchell, Ally Sheedy, Patricia Clarkson | | Director : | Lisa Cholodenko | | Studio : | Universal Studios Ho | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | June 12, 1998 | | DVD Released Date : | February 08, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 19, 2005 | | Summary | budget | Content
 | of all the movies i have seen in this catergory this movie was dissapointing to me. poor acting and hard to understand dialoge. would get a refund if you were in australia. but it is too much hassle to poste back overseas. and it could get lost in the mail.
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| Rating | | | Date | August 14, 2005 | | Summary | Misguided... | Content
| Couldn't understand this movie very well. I found it a confused mix of the atrtful and commercial cinema. The story is as trite as it could get. A better part of the movie has been spent showing people snuffing mind-bending drugs in a house that resembles an opium house (with some chill-out ambient music playing in the yonder)? Is this high art?
I really fail to understand as to why artists (painters, photographers) are shown as unsocial, drug-addicts, cranky and emotionally distraught. Shouldn't artists be indpenedent, spiritual thinkers with a touch of prima-donna arrogance (arising out of a higher level of conciousness)?
A very depressing fare that gave me a very bad taste.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 29, 2005 | | Summary | High Art answers burning questions | Content
| Syd (Radha Mitchell), an editor at an art magazine, befriends her photographer neighbor Lucy (Ally Sheedy), and a relationship ensues. If you've ever wondered what happened to Allison Reynolds after her Breakfast Club detention, I'm sorry to tell you she grew up to be a lesbian heroin addict. This movie has a few shining moments (most of which involve Patricia Clarkson as the tragically beautiful girlfriend) and will make you think about life and your place in it. -C Gunnells, CeleGAYtions
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| Rating | | | Date | May 27, 2005 | | Summary | Too much space between the silences........ | Content
| I did have high-hopes for this film, though sadly, it just didn't quite deliver. The premise is sound enough (though hardly original) and the main protaganists' performances are OK; but the pacing, script and even the cinematography conspire to drain the life out what could be a promising film. Instead it is nothing more than yet another addition to an already substantial body of tragic lesbian stories. Do directors not realise that not all lesbian relationships are angst-ridden?!!
If this film 'worked' surely we would having a passing interest in the characters' lives as they unfold - but I found myself wanting the end to come as soon as possible...it was a merciful release when it did.
Patricia Clarkson's performance stole the show as a caricatured drug-addled Berliner :-) - ocassionally straying into Marlena teritory (very funny - though unintentionally so! oops, sorry abuot that!).
There are so many more positive potrayals of lesbian relationships out there ; even if angst is your thing, there are so many more accomplished films out there in celuloid-land! If on the other hand you like your films to be self-conscious (and dare I say pretentious [like much 'high-art' surely not;-)] and your characters two-dimensional, then this movie is for you... bon appetite!
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| Rating | | | Date | November 17, 2004 | | Summary | Fantastic!! a must have...!! | Content
| One fantastic and real movie.
I am not going to explain the content of the film since the previous reviewers did an excellent job; I must only say that this film is essential in your DVD collection and it will be in your thoughts for a long time.
Far away from a Hollywood Love movie, this film captures the essence of the relationships based in opportunities, ambition and manipulation. Which brings the question, what will you do for getting what you want?.
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