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PACIFIC HEIGHTS Artists from the Ferus Gallery, an influential outpost of L.A. Beat-era activity explored in The Cool School
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Limited Release: Mar 28, 2008; Rated: Unrated; Length: 86 Minutes; Genre: Documentary; With: Dennis Hopper
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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW
Documentarian Morgan Neville takes an appropriately lively, left-field approach to The Cool School's eye-opening history of the Beat-era Left Coast art scene — a lesser-known chapter in the story of American modern art. Those who lived it tell the story of the influential Ferus Gallery, a Los Angeles outpost of scrappy artists — among them Ed Kienholz and Ed Ruscha — who worked blithely independent of prevailing East Coast trends. 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. A-
Posted Mar 26, 2008
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