IMDb plot summary: A satire set in the contemporary art world scene of Los Angeles, where big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce.
Directed by Dan Gilroy. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Zawe Ashton, and Tom Sturridge.
This is a strange, sterile movie where every character has three layers of cool detachment, and that makes these paintings that murder people feel like the *most* alive things in the movie. The horror itself spirals a little too quickly for my taste, but there are some really great pieces, including a very dramatically satisfying death in the movie's final moments. And more than that, I very much enjoyed observing this world and the ins and outs and the drama between competing galleries trying to lure artists to them and the art critic constantly being solicited to write favorable or unfavorable reviews... It's a great setting for the story. It's not perfect by far, but you can see the seeds of something great hiding in here, and it's definitely one of the more unique movies I've seen this month.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Velvet Buzzsaw > Broken Embraces
Velvet Buzzsaw < My Name Is Joe
Velvet Buzzsaw < Kill Bill Vol. 1
Velvet Buzzsaw > My Favorite Year
Velvet Buzzsaw > Junebug
Velvet Buzzsaw > Isle of Dogs
Velvet Buzzsaw > 12 Years of Slave
Velvet Buzzsaw > The Parent Trap (1961)
Velvet Buzzsaw < The Terminal
Velvet Buzzsaw > Death to Smoochy
Velvet Buzzsaw > Hugo
Velvet Buzzsaw > Spanglish
Final spot: #1225 out of 3247, or 62%.
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