Review of Art History

Art History (2003)
2/10
Just a light snack, not a rich dessert
30 March 2004
The acting of the main characters, Dan, Stella, John and Alex is stiffly amateurish. Conversations are stilted and without any sort of natural flow. The exhibitionistic behaviour of the Stella character is unnerving and lends nothing to the storyline which is, mischievous college students trying to come up with their next big prank. Theft is mentioned, theft is planned but not a real theft, just a make-believe theft. There's more but I can't give away the ending. I've heard rumours of a full-length feature being made, I don't see how they can do it with these actors in the lead, they could barely keep my interest for the 20 some minutes.

Some neat lighting and camera work, would be of interest to film students interested in the technical side of filmmaking but not much else of value in this almost too long short. I give it a 7 out of 10 for technical and a 2 out of 10 for artistic.
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