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One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story (2008)

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Reviews Counted:6

Fresh:4

Rotten:2

Average Rating:6.8/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 83 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Aug 15, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: This documentary profiles legendary outsider artist Reverend Albert Wagner. A religious experience turned him to painting, and the result is an astounding body of work that inspires some and... This documentary profiles legendary outsider artist Reverend Albert Wagner. A religious experience turned him to painting, and the result is an astounding body of work that inspires some and reviles others. Racism, the vicissitudes of the art world, and Wagner's colorful personality are all subjects explored in the aptly titled ONE BAD CAT. [More]

Director: Thomas G. Miller

Director: Thomas G. Miller
Producer: Thomas G. Miller, Nancy Dickenson
Composer: Miriam Cutler

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  • ONE BAD CAT is about the transformative role art plays in the tumultuous life of 82 year-old, African-American, renowned outsider artist Reverend Albert Wagner. He has been a lightening rod for controversy his entire life. Racism, ego and lust led him to the brink of ruin. Miraculously turned onto religion at age 50, he was inspired by God to paint, and become a famous artist for a mostly White clientele. From a racist Southern upbringing, in his later years his artwork railed against the lifestyles of members of the African-American community, which created as many detractors as champions. Near the film’s conclusion, an ailing Albert comes to terms with his checkered past. Was Albert’s penitence real and did he achieve redemption through his art?
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    The film finds its footing whenever Johnny Coleman, professor of African-American Studies and Fine Arts at Oberlin College in Ohio, speaks openly about Wagner's troublesome images and the appeal those images have for whites.

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    08/10/08
    Ed Gonzalez
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    Slant Magazine

    Miller neither defends or apologizes: His remarkably candid footage (extending all the way to Wagner's deathbed and beyond) and interviews leave the man's sincerity (and his collectors') as open to scrutiny as his art.

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    08/13/08
    Jim Ridley
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    A compelling bio-pic about one bad mother (shut your mouth!) who could have written a Bible for today's ghetto gangstas on how to be a player.

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    08/11/08
    Kam Williams
    Kam Williams
    NewsBlaze

    With One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story and a subject this colorful, all a nonfiction filmmaker has to do is get out of the way.

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    08/19/08
    Lisa Schwarzbaum
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    Entertainment Weekly
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    Confessions like "God and art saved the Reverend Albert" beg for more interrogation than director Thomas G. Miller seems to have in him.

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    08/14/08
    Mark Holcomb
    Mark Holcomb
    Time Out New York

    Directed by Thomas G. Miller, One Bad Cat brings fresh light to the artist Albert Wagner.

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    08/19/08
    Nathan Lee
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