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Art School Confidential
Art School Confidential
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Terry Zwigoff
Screenplay by	Daniel Clowes
Based on	Art School Confidential; by Daniel Clowes;
Produced by	Lianne Halfon; John Malkovich; Russell Smith
Starring	Max Minghella; Sophia Myles; John Malkovich; Anjelica Huston; Jim Broadbent
Cinematography	Jamie Anderson
Edited by	Robert Hoffman
Music by	David Kitay
Production; companies	United Artists; Mr. Mudd Productions
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release dates	January 23, 2006 (Sundance); May 5, 2006;
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5 million
Box office	$3.3 million

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Art School Confidential is a 2006 American comedy-drama film directed by Terry Zwigoff and starring Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Ethan Suplee, Joel Moore, Nick Swardson, Adam Scott, and Anjelica Huston. The story follows Jerome (Minghella) who enrolls in art school and is loosely based on the comic of the same name by Daniel Clowes. The film is Zwigoff's second collaboration with Clowes, the first being 2001's Ghost World, which was also released by United Artists. The film received polarized reviews from critics.

Plot

Inspired by his longtime love of drawing, and hoping to meet girls, Jerome enrolls at the Strathmore School of Art. His roommates are aspiring filmmaker Vince and closeted-gay fashion major Matthew. Jerome looks for love amongst the female students, but is unsuccessful until he falls for art model Audrey, the daughter of a famous pop artist.

Jerome forms a friendship with classmate and perennial loser, Bardo, a four-time dropout, who guides him through the college scene and introduces him to Jimmy, a Strathmore graduate who is now a failed artist and belligerent drunk.

As Jerome learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to reality. Jerome slowly loses his idealism at art school and finds himself in competition with a mysterious student named Jonah for both Audrey's affection and artistic recognition. At the same time, a serial killer known as the Strathmore Strangler is on the loose near the campus, confounding the police and inspiring Vince to create a documentary about the murders.

In a wild attempt to win a prestigious art competition, Jerome asks for, and gets, Jimmy's paintings, unbeknownst to him are the Strangler's victims. Accidentally dropping a lit cigarette in Jimmy's apartment, he causes a fire that destroys the building, leaving Jimmy and all the other residents dead. The police arrest Jerome as the Strangler (who in fact was Jimmy).

Audrey realizes Jerome is her true love and that she was stupid to be interested in Jonah, who turns out to be an undercover police officer with a wife and baby at home. Jerome is sent to prison, but his paintings, particularly one of Audrey, become prized by collectors.

Vince scores a huge hit with his documentary about the Strangler called My Roommate: The Murderer. In prison, Jerome continues to paint and sells his works at high prices, not caring that people think he is the killer as it has brought him financial success and recognition. Audrey comes to visit him in prison, and they share a kiss through the protective glass.

Cast

Max Minghella as Jerome
Sophia Myles as Audrey
John Malkovich as Professor Sandiford
Anjelica Huston as Art History Teacher
Jim Broadbent as Jimmy
Matt Keeslar as Jonah
Ethan Suplee as Vince
Joel Moore as Bardo
Nick Swardson as Matthew
Adam Scott as Marvin Bushmiller
Ezra Buzzington as Leslie
Katherine Moennig as Candace
Bob Golub as Hector
Scoot McNairy as Army-Jacket
Steve Buscemi (uncredited) as Bob "Broadway Bob" D'Annunzio
Ozman Sirgood as Dad Platz
Charlie Talbert as Vince's Editor
Brian Geraghty as Stoob
Michael Shamus Wiles as Donald Baumgarten
Shelly Cole as Filthy-Haired Girl

Production

Sophia Myles was terrified about her nude scene (the first in her career) but finally she did it. "If there is going to be nudity in a film, I would rather do it myself than use my body double. If they use one, they can go and do a day's shooting, you don't know what they're doing and people still think it's you," she said.^[1]

Reception

[Art School Confidential] was really negatively received both at the box office and critically. Everybody hated that film. I didn't think it was so bad. At least compared to all that other shit out there, anyway. It was certainly just as good as any film in the marketplace. And I'm not saying it's a great film. I'm just saying it's better than most of the dreck.
— Terry Zwigoff in 2012^[2]

Art School Confidential received polarized reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 36% of 135 film critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 5.4/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Art School [Confidential]s misanthropy is too sour, its targets too flat and clichéd, and Clowes and Zwigoff stumble when trying to build a story around the premise."^[3] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 54 based on 30 reviews, indicating “mixed or average reviews”.^[4]

Artwork in the film

Much of the artwork featured in the film was produced by practicing visual artists with art careers independent of the film. The figurative drawings and paintings made by the main character Jerome were created by Caitlin Mitchell-Dayton, an Oakland, California painter and long-time professor at the San Francisco Art Institute.^[5] The Marvin Bushmiller character's work was created by musician and Devo member Mark Mothersbaugh, who is also a painter with a long exhibition record independent of his involvement with the film.^[6] The paintings made by the character Jonah were produced by Oakland, California artist and graphic novelist Daniel Clowes, creator of the short comic on which the film was based as well as the author of its screenplay and co-producer.^[7]

References

^ "Sophia power". sophiamyles.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^ Taylor, Drew (2012-12-20). "Terry Zwigoff Talks Battling Over 'Bad Santa,' His Preferred Director's Cut & Much More In Candid Interview". IndieWire. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
^ Art School Confidential at Rotten Tomatoes
^ Art School Confidential at Metacritic
^ "SFAI". www.sfai.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
^ "Exhibitions". Mutato Art. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
^ Art School Confidential (2006) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-12-01

External links

[1] "Sophia power". sophiamyles.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

[2] Taylor, Drew (2012-12-20). "Terry Zwigoff Talks Battling Over 'Bad Santa,' His Preferred Director's Cut & Much More In Candid Interview". IndieWire. Retrieved 2016-07-19.

[3] Art School Confidential at Rotten Tomatoes

[4] Art School Confidential at Metacritic

[5] "SFAI". www.sfai.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-01.

[6] "Exhibitions". Mutato Art. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2020-12-01.

[7] Art School Confidential (2006) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-12-01

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+| screenplay     = [[Daniel Clowes]]
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+| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Art School Confidential (comics)|Art School Confidential]]''||Daniel Clowes}}
-| screenplay     = Daniel Clowes
+| producer       = [[Lianne Halfon]]<br />[[John Malkovich]]<br />[[Russell Smith (producer)|Russell Smith]]
-| based_on       = {{Based on|[[Art School Confidential (comics)|Art School Confidential]]||Daniel Clowes}}
-| starring       = [[Max Minghella]]<br />[[Sophia Myles]]<br />[[John Malkovich]]<br />[[Anjelica Huston]]<br />[[Jim Broadbent]]<br />[[Matt Keeslar]]<br />[[Ethan Suplee]]<br />[[Joel David Moore]]
+| starring       = [[Max Minghella]]<br />[[Sophia Myles]]<br />John Malkovich<br />[[Anjelica Huston]]<br />[[Jim Broadbent]]
+| cinematography = [[Jamie Anderson (cinematographer)|Jamie Anderson]]
-| music          = [[David Kitay]]
-| cinematography = Jamie Anderson
 | editing        = Robert Hoffman
+| music          = [[David Kitay]]
 | studio         = [[United Artists]]<br />[[Mr. Mudd|Mr. Mudd Productions]]
 | distributor    = [[Sony Pictures Classics]]
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 | language       = English
 | budget         = $5 million
-| gross          = $3,306,629
+| gross          = $3.3 million
 }}
-'''''Art School Confidential''''' is a 2006 American [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Terry Zwigoff]] and starring [[Max Minghella]], [[Sophia Myles]], [[John Malkovich]], [[Jim Broadbent]], [[Matt Keeslar]], [[Ethan Suplee]], [[Joel David Moore|Joel Moore]], [[Nick Swardson]], [[Adam Scott (actor)|Adam Scott]], and [[Anjelica Huston]]. It is loosely based on the [[Art School Confidential (comic)|comic of the same name]] by [[Daniel Clowes]]. The film is Zwigoff's second collaboration with Clowes, the first being 2001's ''[[Ghost World (film)|Ghost World]]'' (which was also released by [[United Artists]]).
+'''''Art School Confidential''''' is a 2006 American [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Terry Zwigoff]] and starring [[Max Minghella]], [[Sophia Myles]], [[John Malkovich]], [[Jim Broadbent]], [[Matt Keeslar]], [[Ethan Suplee]], [[Joel David Moore|Joel Moore]], [[Nick Swardson]], [[Adam Scott (actor)|Adam Scott]], and [[Anjelica Huston]]. The story follows Jerome (Minghella) who enrolls in art school and is loosely based on the [[Art School Confidential (comic)|comic of the same name]] by [[Daniel Clowes]]. The film is Zwigoff's second collaboration with Clowes, the first being 2001's ''[[Ghost World (film)|Ghost World]]'', which was also released by [[United Artists]]. The film received polarized reviews from critics.
-The film was partially shot at the [[Otis College of Art and Design]] in [[Los Angeles]] and at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. Otis Foundation Professor Gary Garaths worked as a consultant on the film.
 ==Plot==
-Inspired by his longtime love of drawing, and hoping to meet girls, Jerome enrolls at the Strathmore School of Art. His roommates are aspiring filmmaker Vince and closeted-gay fashion major Matthew. Jerome looks for love amongst the female students, but is unsuccessful until he falls for art model Audrey, the daughter of a famous pop artist. He forms a friendship with classmate and perennial loser, Bardo, a four-time dropout, who guides him through the college scene and introduces him to Jimmy, a Strathmore graduate who is now a failed artist and belligerent drunk.
+Inspired by his longtime love of drawing, and hoping to meet girls, Jerome enrolls at the Strathmore School of Art. His roommates are aspiring filmmaker Vince and closeted-gay fashion major Matthew. Jerome looks for love amongst the female students, but is unsuccessful until he falls for art model Audrey, the daughter of a famous pop artist.
+Jerome forms a friendship with classmate and perennial loser, Bardo, a four-time dropout, who guides him through the college scene and introduces him to Jimmy, a Strathmore graduate who is now a failed artist and belligerent drunk.
 As Jerome learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to reality. Jerome slowly loses his idealism at art school and finds himself in competition with a mysterious student named Jonah for both Audrey's affection and artistic recognition. At the same time, a serial killer known as the Strathmore Strangler is on the loose near the campus, confounding the police and inspiring Vince to create a documentary about the murders.
-In a wild attempt to win a prestigious art competition, Jerome asks for, and gets, Jimmy's paintings, all of which are of the Strangler's victims. Jerome leaves a lit cigarette in Jimmy's apartment by accident, which causes a fire that destroys the building and leaves Jimmy and all the other residents dead. The police arrest Jerome as the Strangler (who in fact was Jimmy); Audrey realizes that her true love is Jerome and that she was stupid to be interested in Jonah, who turns out to be an undercover police officer with a wife and baby at home. Jerome is sent to prison, but his paintings, particularly one of Audrey, become prized by collectors. Vince scores a huge hit with his documentary about the Strangler called ''My Roommate: The Murderer''. In prison, Jerome continues to paint and sells his works at high prices, not caring that people think he is the killer as it has brought him financial success and recognition. Audrey comes to visit him in prison, and they share a kiss through the protective glass.
+In a wild attempt to win a prestigious art competition, Jerome asks for, and gets, Jimmy's paintings, unbeknownst to him are the Strangler's victims. Accidentally dropping a lit cigarette in Jimmy's apartment, he causes a fire that destroys the building, leaving Jimmy and all the other residents dead. The police arrest Jerome as the Strangler (who in fact was Jimmy).
+Audrey realizes Jerome is her true love and that she was stupid to be interested in Jonah, who turns out to be an undercover police officer with a wife and baby at home. Jerome is sent to prison, but his paintings, particularly one of Audrey, become prized by collectors.
+Vince scores a huge hit with his documentary about the Strangler called ''My Roommate: The Murderer''. In prison, Jerome continues to paint and sells his works at high prices, not caring that people think he is the killer as it has brought him financial success and recognition. Audrey comes to visit him in prison, and they share a kiss through the protective glass.
 ==Cast==
+{{castlist|
-{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
 * [[Max Minghella]] as Jerome
 * [[Sophia Myles]] as Audrey
@@ Line 50: / Line 54: @@
 * [[Bob Golub]] as Hector
 * [[Scoot McNairy]] as Army-Jacket
-* [[Steve Buscemi]] (''uncredited'') as Broadway Bob D'Annunzio
+* [[Steve Buscemi]] (''uncredited'') as Bob "Broadway Bob" D'Annunzio
 * [[Ozman Sirgood]] as Dad Platz
-* Charlie Talbert as Vince's editor
+* Charlie Talbert as Vince's Editor
 * [[Brian Geraghty]] as Stoob
 * [[Michael Shamus Wiles]] as Donald Baumgarten
 * [[Shelly Cole]] as Filthy-Haired Girl
+}}
-{{div col end}}
+==Production==
+Sophia Myles was terrified about her nude scene (the first in her career) but finally she did it. "If there is going to be nudity in a film, I would rather do it myself than use my body double. If they use one, they can go and do a day's shooting, you don't know what they're doing and people still think it's you," she said.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sophia power |work=sophiamyles.org |url=https://sophiamyles.org/articles/tatler-uk |access-date=5 February 2022 }}</ref>
 ==Reception==
-{{Quote|text=[Art School Confidential] was really negatively received both at the box office and critically. Everybody hated that film. I didn't think it was so bad. At least compared to all that other shit out there, anyway. It was certainly just as good as any film in the marketplace. And I'm not saying it's a great film. I'm just saying it's better than most of the dreck.|author=Terry Zwigoff in 2012<ref>{{cite web
+{{Blockquote|text=[Art School Confidential] was really negatively received both at the box office and critically. Everybody hated that film. I didn't think it was so bad. At least compared to all that other shit out there, anyway. It was certainly just as good as any film in the marketplace. And I'm not saying it's a great film. I'm just saying it's better than most of the dreck.|author=Terry Zwigoff in 2012<ref>{{cite web
 | url=http://www.indiewire.com/2012/12/terry-zwigoff-talks-battling-over-bad-santa-his-preferred-directors-cut-much-more-in-candid-interview-250073/
 | title=Terry Zwigoff Talks Battling Over 'Bad Santa,' His Preferred Director's Cut & Much More In Candid Interview
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 | access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref>}}
-''Art School Confidential'' received mixed feedback from critics. Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 36% of 138 film critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 5.45 out of 10. The site's critics consensus reads: "''Art School [Confidential]''s misanthropy is too sour, its targets too flat and clichéd, and Clowes and Zwigoff stumble when trying to build a story around the premise."<ref>{{Rotten Tomatoes|art_school_confidential}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 54 based on 42 reviews.<ref>{{Metacritic film|art-school-confidential}}</ref>
+''Art School Confidential'' received polarized reviews from critics. Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 36% of 135 film critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 5.4/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "''Art School [Confidential]''s misanthropy is too sour, its targets too flat and clichéd, and Clowes and Zwigoff stumble when trying to build a story around the premise."<ref>{{Rotten Tomatoes|art_school_confidential}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 54 based on 30 reviews, indicating “mixed or average reviews”.<ref>{{Metacritic film}}</ref>
 == Artwork in the film ==
-Much of the artwork featured in the film was produced by practicing visual artists with art careers independent of the film. The figurative drawings and paintings made by the main character Jerome were created by Caitlin Mitchell-Dayton, a [[Oakland, California]] painter and long-time professor at the [[San Francisco Art Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=SFAI|url=https://www.sfai.edu/bios/caitlin-mitchell-dayton|access-date=2020-12-01|website=www.sfai.edu}}</ref> The Marvin Bushmiller character's work was created by musician and [[Devo]] member [[Mark Mothersbaugh]], who is also a painter with a long exhibition record independent of his involvement with the film.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exhibitions|url=http://markmothersbaughart.com/exhibitions/|access-date=2020-12-01|website=Mutato Art|language=en-US}}</ref> The paintings made by the character Jonah was produced by [[Oakland, California]] artist and graphic novelist [[Daniel Clowes]], creator of the short comic on which the film was based as well as the author of its screenplay and co-producer.<ref>{{Citation|title=Art School Confidential (2006) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364955/fullcredits|access-date=2020-12-01}}</ref>
+Much of the artwork featured in the film was produced by practicing visual artists with art careers independent of the film. The figurative drawings and paintings made by the main character Jerome were created by Caitlin Mitchell-Dayton, an [[Oakland, California]] painter and long-time professor at the [[San Francisco Art Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=SFAI|url=https://www.sfai.edu/bios/caitlin-mitchell-dayton|access-date=2020-12-01|website=www.sfai.edu}}</ref> The Marvin Bushmiller character's work was created by musician and [[Devo]] member [[Mark Mothersbaugh]], who is also a painter with a long exhibition record independent of his involvement with the film.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exhibitions|url=http://markmothersbaughart.com/exhibitions/|access-date=2020-12-01|website=Mutato Art|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118132838/https://markmothersbaughart.com/exhibitions/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The paintings made by the character Jonah were produced by [[Oakland, California]] artist and graphic novelist [[Daniel Clowes]], creator of the short comic on which the film was based as well as the author of its screenplay and co-producer.<ref>{{Citation|title=Art School Confidential (2006) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364955/fullcredits|access-date=2020-12-01}}</ref>
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 * {{IMDb title|0364955|Art School Confidential}}
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