Art School Confidential (film)
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| Directed by | Terry Zwigoff |
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Daniel Clowes John Malkovich Russell Smith Lianne Halfon |
| Screenplay by | Daniel Clowes |
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Art School Confidential by Daniel Clowes |
| Starring |
Max Minghella Sophia Myles John Malkovich Anjelica Huston Jim Broadbent Matt Keeslar Ethan Suplee Joel David Moore |
| Music by | David Kitay |
| Cinematography | Jamie Anderson |
| Edited by | Robert Hoffman |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million |
| Box office | $3,306,629 |
Art School Confidential is a 2006 comedy-drama film directed by Terry Zwigoff, 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 cast includes Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Ethan Suplee, Joel Moore, Nick Swardson, Adam Scott, and Anjelica Huston.
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.
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, young Jerome pursues his true obsession to art school. Jerome enrolls in Strathmore, an urban college. His roommates are aspiring filmmaker Vince and closeted-gay fashion major Matthew. Jerome looks for love amongst the coeds, but is turned off by them all, before falling in love with the art model, Audrey. In his art classes, he forms a friendship with perennial loser, Bardo, who guides him through the college scene and introduces him to a failed artist, Jimmy, a belligerent drunk.
As Jerome learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him. The community has been wracked by a serial killer, the Strathmore Strangler, who has confounded the police. As Jerome slowly loses his idealism at art school, he finds himself in competition with a strange newcomer, Jonah (an undercover detective), both for Audrey's affection and for artistic recognition.
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