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The Cool School

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NR,1hr 26min
Genre:
Documentary
Released:
March 28, 2008
Director:
Morgan Neville
Distributor:
Arthouse Films
Starring:
Jeff Bridges, Edward Ruscha, Dean Stockwell  ...more
Synopsis: New York City has long been regarded as the heart of the American art movement, but near the end of the 1940s, as the post-war rise of Abstract Expressionism became the new wave of painting in the United States, a small but determined band of painters, curators, and collectors on the West Coast were determined to make themselves known. Filmmaker Morgan Neville examines the rise of the Los Angeles art scene and how it brought a new and vigorously American slant to contemporary painting in the documentary ... Full Synopsis
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Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
The rare footage of '50s and '60s L.A. alone is a treasure; the City of Angels has rarely looked so hip. Bonus: cool music from the likes of Charles Mingus and the Velvet Underground. Full Review
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68
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out of 100
Based on 9 critic reviews
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