Movie Review - All the Vermeers in New York
All the Vermeers in New York (1990)
directed by Jon Jost
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
That languid scene in the bar especially, where Emmanuelle Chaulet and her friend convince a prospective suitor that only one of them speaks English, is as charming as the title. Jost films Wall Street brokers at work in their sea of phones and cross chatter with the same long shots as a walk through the gallery. I appreciate that craft in such a specific picture, but I wish there was more than composition behind it - "the hypocrisy of art and commerce in New York City" is lazy, trite, and, unfortunately, as little as the MOMA probably expects for a self-congratulatory narrative retrospective.
directed by Jon Jost
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
That languid scene in the bar especially, where Emmanuelle Chaulet and her friend convince a prospective suitor that only one of them speaks English, is as charming as the title. Jost films Wall Street brokers at work in their sea of phones and cross chatter with the same long shots as a walk through the gallery. I appreciate that craft in such a specific picture, but I wish there was more than composition behind it - "the hypocrisy of art and commerce in New York City" is lazy, trite, and, unfortunately, as little as the MOMA probably expects for a self-congratulatory narrative retrospective.
posted by NPK at 11:16 AM
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