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Who Gets to Call it Art? (2006)

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Reviews Counted:15

Fresh:11

Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.5/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Feb 1, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: The 1960s art scene was a hive of creative activity, and Henry Geldzahler, the first curator of contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was a pivotal figure around which the movement... The 1960s art scene was a hive of creative activity, and Henry Geldzahler, the first curator of contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was a pivotal figure around which the movement revolved. This documentary takes a look at his life and work. His influential exhibit titled "New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970" comes under particular scrutiny, as it contained 400 works by artists with whom Geldzahler was particularly enamored. [More]

Director: Peter Rosen

Director: Peter Rosen
Studio: Palm Pictures

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Jon Garelick
Jon Garelick
Boston Phoenix

You are likely to enjoy this bio-pic to the extent that you buy into the idea that one effete snob ought to define an aesthetic for the rest of us slobs.

Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine | comment Comment
05/28/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Upstage Magazine

Can be enjoyed as a quick overview of the contemporary American art scene.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Maria Garcia
Maria Garcia
Film Journal International

Shot with a Peter Greenaway-like austere impudence and edited brilliantly (by Jed Parker), this is an entertaining movie, and a moving one -- even if, like me, you're not especially fond of these paintings or that scene.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
06/22/06
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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hard for us to take too seriously

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/25/06
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

With its snappy, even hectic editing and great archival footage, Who Gets to Call It Art? is loads of fun to watch.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
03/03/06
Sheila Farr
Sheila Farr
Seattle Times

This documentary feels stacked on his subject's side.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
03/02/06
Regina Hackett
Regina Hackett
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Rosen covers a lot of ground in 80 minutes, and he's picked the right subject to focus on.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
02/16/06
Noel Murray
Noel Murray
AV Club

The film's flippant style ultimately undermines its material -- and, ironically, makes the American art scene of the '60s appear as shallow and trendy as its detractors always claimed it was.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
02/03/06
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Peter Rosen's documentary Who Gets to Call It Art? paints an entertaining picture of the cherubic gentleman, who as the first curator of contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
02/03/06
V.A. Musetto
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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The film's appeal is for the eyes.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
02/03/06
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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Clocking in at 80 minutes, this glib, largely uninformative and poorly organized précis of the post-World War II art scene succeeds neither as history nor as art history.

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02/01/06
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
New York Times
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Surely a figure as crucial as Geldzahler deserves more incisive treatment.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
01/31/06
Ed Halter
Ed Halter
Village Voice
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Through his use of green screen and montage, Rosen seems to want to position his film as its own work of Pop Art.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
01/18/06
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

Both richly complex and immediately accessible.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
11/04/05
Ronnie Scheib
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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A documentary that is a true work of art.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
11/04/05
Phil Hall
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