Has anyone seen ....

[bobstevens4]

The Art of Failure on HBO?

[albo60s]

The Art of Failure on HBO?


No. should we be watching?

[Serpico1103]

The Art of Failure on HBO?

The Earl Douglass Biopic?

[bobstevens4]

It is about an artist named Chuck Connelly. This guy is a hoot!

[bobstevens4]

You can find it On Demand under documentaries. It's fantastic.

[Serpico1103]

I thought I was seeing the Paul O Story. It was an interesting story. The guy had talent, but he tried to fight the system and lost. Which is noble, but accept your loss with dignity.

[antifaith]

I put off seeing it for a little while cuz I'd just seen Overnight (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0390336/) (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0390336/) in the Spring. I found this portrayal much more subtle. Unlike the other film where they were hitting us over the head with how the guy blew up his own spot, I found this film to be slightly more fair where we had to consider that perhaps he was actually fucked over & mebbe whatever arrogance we may have witnessed mighta been a reaction to how he felt he'd been wronged. I don't know shit about art & even keeping in mind what one art critic said (something like...he'd used a great deal more paint than needed mebbe to compensate for a lack of something or another but at the same time it showed he understood the "sexiness" of it) but it seemed to me that he did have something - especially in that he didn't have just one theme or style he used over & over again (something an artist might do just to make as much money as possible once he/she figured out what was "hot" at a given time).

[Serpico1103]

I put off seeing it for a little while cuz I'd just seen Overnight (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0390336/) (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0390336/) in the Spring.

Overnight and Boondock Saints are must sees. The movie is a good "movie". The documentary is great, seeing ths obnoxious guy tear up his lottery ticket. But, what I found interesting was how this first time writer/director could make a decent movie. I think it bolsters the point that a script is most important part of the movie. He had no real experience and was able to direct adequately.

[antifaith]

Overnight and Boondock Saints

To me, one of the most shocking moments of Overnight was when they had film/video showing Billy Connelly talking to the director in a really intimate way. That completely blew me away. I'm not sure exactly what it means. What it meant to me tho was (I felt/assumed) it showed what a true professional Connelly is.