Beautiful Losers
What:
Beautiful Losers
Where:
ACMI Cinemas, Fed Square, Melbourne
When:
Premiere Thurs July 2, 7pm. Then Fri July 3, 7pm; Sat July 4, 7pm; Sun July 5, 5.30pm.
Image:
Photo of Ed Templeton by Mike O'Meally
Beautiful Losers is directed by Aaron Rose and tells the story of his semi-legendary Alleged Gallery in downtown '90s NYC. Alleged provided an incubator for a group of taggers, skateboarders and other criminally disposed minds AKA young artists (such as Harmony Korine, Mike Mills, Ed Templeton, Barry McGee etc) who hung/worked and 20 years later became famous and successful beyond your wildest dreams. Tough life huh?
The film covers off their progression from DIY street art twenty-somethings to mainstream success in advertising, film, and graphic design. Even though it somewhat glosses over trickier subject matter about what happens to punk ideals when they meet big bucks - the film does provide nice insights into some of the greater artistic minds of our time. Plus their can-do-art attiude is pretty inspiring.
Special props must be given to Harmony Korine and his general randomness. "Hey, my friend Samuel's head, was found right there back in '86". Yes its good to know he's still got '95 Letterman interview in him. Rad.
Format: Cinema
Mood: Nostalgic
Keywords: ACMI, Aaron Rose, Alleged Gallery
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