Back on the Netflix: Art School Confidential
Football and darts seasons have kinda gotten in the way of my Netflix viewing, but I’m back in the game now…
Synopsis from Netflix: Ambitious art school student Jerome Platz (Max Minghella) goes to extremes to conquer the art world — and to get the girl — in Terry Zwigoff’s dark comedy. When his pure genius goes ignored and a brainless jock tempts his dream girl, Audrey (Sophia Myles), Jerome sets in motion a brazen plan to become an art world hero and win Audrey’s heart. John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Anjelica Huston and Ethan Suplee star.
My thoughts: This turned out to be a pretty good satire of the art world. Having never been to art school, I had to presume there was an element of truth behind some of the jokes I didn’t get, but a lot of them had a universal quality to anyone who’s been to college. Predictably, there was also a subplot involving unrequited love. My previous reviews have shown that I’m not bothered by that sort of thing, though. I thought this was a good film. [Four out of five stars.]
