Art School Confidential
- Director: Terry Zwigoff
- Writer: Daniel Clowes
- Producer: Daniel Clowes; Lianne Halfon
CGiii Comment
It starts off, light and fluffy - and then, Zwigoff gingerly takes us on an increasingly darkening journey.
His use of this music is astounding - it speaks where words are utterly unnecessary - few directors can recognize these special places.
Clowes deserves acclaim as the script is, in places, inspired. He, politely, gives the finger to the absurdity of the art world - intentionally riddling his script with delightful clichés and stereotypes.
Fine construction and a beautiful thing to watch.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Jerome, a kid from the suburbs who loves to draw, goes to New York City's Strathmore College for his freshman year as a drawing major. Competition and petty jealousy consume faculty and students, with an end-of-first-semester best-student award held out as a grand plum. Worse, a strangler is on the loose, killing people on or next to campus. The idealistic Jerome falls in love with Audrey, a student who models for life-drawing classes and who responds to his sweetness. But he has a rival: the clean-cut, manly Jonah, also a first-year drawing student, whose primitive work draws raves and Audrey's attention. As cynicism seems to corrode everything, Jerome is desperate to win.
Cast & Characters
Max Minghella as Jerome;
Sophia Myles as Audrey;
John Malkovich as Professor Sandiford;
Jim Broadbent as Jimmy;
Matt Keeslar as Jonah;
Ethan Suplee as Vince;
Joel Moore as Bardo;
Nick Swardson as Matthew;
Anjelica Huston as Art History Teacher;
Adam Scott as Marvin Bushmiller;
Jack Ong as Professor Okamura;
Scoot McNairy as Army-Jacket;
Jeremy Guskin as Eno;
Monika Ramnath as Flower;
Isaac Laskin as Kiss-Ass