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The Cool School

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 26m
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7.0/10
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The Cool School (2008)
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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.How LA Learned to Love Modern Art. A lesson in how a few renegade artists built an art scene from scratch.How LA Learned to Love Modern Art. A lesson in how a few renegade artists built an art scene from scratch.

  • Director
    • Morgan Neville
  • Writers
    • Kristine Mckenna
    • Morgan Neville
  • Stars
    • Eve Babitz
    • John Baldessari
    • Larry Bell
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    297
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    • Director
      • Morgan Neville
    • Writers
      • Kristine Mckenna
      • Morgan Neville
    • Stars
      • Eve Babitz
      • John Baldessari
      • Larry Bell
    • 3User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Eve Babitz
    Eve Babitz
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    John Baldessari
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    Larry Bell
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    Billy Al Benston
    • Self
    • (as Billy Al Bengston)
    Edmond Bereal
    • Self
    Irving Blum
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    Jeff Bridges
    Jeff Bridges
    • Self - Narrator
    Charles Brittin
    • Self
    William Claxton
    • Self
    Donald Factor
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    Sonia Gechtoff
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    Frank Gehry
    Frank Gehry
    • Self
    Hal Glicksman
    • Self
    Peter Goulds
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    Elyse Grinstein
    • Self
    Stanley Grinstein
    • Self
    Henry Hopkins
    • Self
    Dennis Hopper
    Dennis Hopper
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    • Director
      • Morgan Neville
    • Writers
      • Kristine Mckenna
      • Morgan Neville
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    10steve-belgard-1

    Fascinating Look at '50s-60s LA Art Scene

    Viewed at Starz Denver Film Festival. This IS the film if you want a crash course on LA's hipster art scene of the mid '50s and late '60s. Thoroughly enjoyable from beginning to end. It was at Ferus Gallery that bookwormish Walter Hopps (who cared about the art) and Cary Grant-like Irving Blum (who cared about the money) brought together a unique and odd collection of off-beat artists to La Cienega - Ed Kienholz, Ed Ruscha, Larry Bell, John Altoon, Billy Al Bengston, Ed Moses, Robert Irwin and Kenneth Price, among others. Bon vivants, artists, collectors and cigar afficionados Dennis Hopper and Dean Stockwell are interspersed throughout. The gallery housed Warhol's first exhibit, brought in Lichtenstein, and got busted by the cops for an exhibit deemed obscene. After seeing the film, I suggest going to Barney's Beanery in West Hollywood - to look up the ghosts.
    2soutexmex

    for genuine art lover's with too much time on their hands only

    You REALLY, REALLY have to be an art lover to like this documentary. I mean, I thought after the glacial pacing that maybe I would learn something new about art and I did. But not enough to slog through after the first 10 - 15 minutes. I just couldn't take it anymore. Yes, I agree these guys/gals made their artistic bones on the west coast and need to be recognized but they deserved a better presentation as a whole. Even the celebrity cameos felt limp. I was more interested in the brand of cigars they were smoking than in the subject they were discussing. I flipped back to view what I had recorded from the History Channel to finish my night.

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    • Release date
      • March 7, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Cool School: How L.A. Learned to Love Modern Art
    • Production company
      • Tremolo Productions
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      • $280
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      1 hour 26 minutes
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