High Art

High Art

Infobox_Film
name = High Art


caption = Promotional film poster
writer = Lisa Cholodenko
starring = Radha Mitchell
Gabriel Mann
Ally Sheedy
Patricia Clarkson
director = Lisa Cholodenko
producer = Antidote Films
Jeff Levy-Hinte,
Susan Stover,
Dolly Hall
distributor =
released = January 21, 1998
runtime = 101 min
language = English
imdb_id = 0139362

"For the general use of the term, see High culture"

"High Art" (1998) is an independent movie directed by Lisa Cholodenko and starring Ally Sheedy and Radha Mitchell.

ynopsis

Sydney (or simply 'Syd'), age 24, is a woman who has her whole life mapped out in front of her. Living with longtime boyfriend James, and working her way up at the respected high-art photography magazine "Frame," Syd has desires and frustrations that seem typical and manageable. But when a crack in her ceiling springs a leak and Syd finds herself knocking on the door of her upstairs neighbor, a chance meeting suddenly takes her on a new path.

Opening the door to an uncharted world for Syd is Lucy Berliner, a renowned photographer, enchanting, elusive, and curiously retired. Now 40, Lucy lives with her once glamorous, heroin-addicted German girlfriend Greta, and plays host to a collection of hard-living party kids. Before Syd's caught her breath, she's caught Lucy's fascination and is drawn into the center of Lucy's strangely alluring life upstairs.

When Syd's bosses at Frame catch wind of her acquaintance with Lucy, they suddenly take interest in Syd and pressure her to bring Lucy to the magazine. Soon a working relationship develops between the two and a project is underway which promises a second chance for Lucy's career. But as Syd and Lucy's collaboration draws them closer together, their working relationship turns sexual and the lines between love and professionalism suddenly blur. As Syd slowly discovers the darker truths of Lucy's life on the edge, she is forced to confront her own hunger for recognition and the uncertain rewards of public esteem.

Cast

* Radha Mitchell as Syd
* Gabriel Mann as James
* Charis Michelsen as Debby
* David Thornton as Harry
* Anh Duong as Dominique
* Ally Sheedy as Lucy Berliner
* Patricia Clarkson as Greta
* Helen Mendes as White Hawk
* Bill Sage as Arnie
* Tammy Grimes as Vera
* Cindra Feuer as Delia
* Anthony Ruivivar as Xander
* Elaine Tse as Zoe
* Rudolf Martin as Dieter
* Laura Ekstrand as Waitress

Trivia

* The photography by Lucy Berliner (Ally Sheedy) was based on Nan Goldin's work. The photographs were made by Jojo Whilden. [http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/06.18.98/highart-9824.html]
* The soundtrack/score was done by "Shudder to Think"

External links

* [http://www.antidotefilms.com/films/highart/highart.html Official Site]
*
* Movie reviews:
** [http://www.reelviews.net/movies/h/high_art.html James Berardinelli]
** [http://www.shoestring.org/mmi_revs/highart98.html "Movie Magazine International"]
** [http://www.thezreview.co.uk/reviews/h/highart.htm The Z Review]
** [http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9806/26/review.highart/ CNN]


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