High Art

This article is about the film. For the general use of the term, see High culture.
High Art

Promotional film poster
Directed by Lisa Cholodenko
Produced by Antidote Films
Jeff Levy-Hinte,
Susan Stover,
Dolly Hall
Written by Lisa Cholodenko
Starring Radha Mitchell
Gabriel Mann
Ally Sheedy
Patricia Clarkson
Distributed by October Films
Release dates
 June 12, 1998 (USA)
Running time
 101 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $1,929,168 (USA)

High Art is a 1998 Canadian-American independent film directed by Lisa Cholodenko and starring Ally Sheedy and Radha Mitchell.

Synopsis

Sydney (or simply "Syd"), age 24, is a woman who has her whole life mapped out in front of her. Living with longtime boyfriend James, and working her way up at the respected high-art photography magazine Frame, Syd has desires and frustrations that seem typical and manageable. But when a crack in her ceiling springs a leak and Syd finds herself knocking on the door of her upstairs neighbor, a chance meeting suddenly takes her on a new path.

Opening the door to an uncharted world for Syd is Lucy Berliner, a renowned photographer, enchanting, elusive, and curiously retired. Now 40, Lucy lives with her once glamorous, heroin-addicted German girlfriend Greta, and plays host to a collection of hard-living party kids. Syd is fascinated by Lucy and becomes drawn into the center of Lucy's strangely alluring life upstairs.

Syd mentions Lucy to her bosses (without realising that she is famous) but they remain uninterested until they realise exactly who Lucy is. At a lunch, Lucy agrees to work for the magazine as long as Syd is her editor. Soon a working relationship develops between the two and a project is underway which promises a second chance for Lucy's career. But as Syd and Lucy's collaboration draws them closer together, their working relationship turns sexual and the lines between love and professionalism suddenly blur. As Syd slowly discovers the darker truths of Lucy's life on the edge, she is forced to confront her own hunger for recognition and the uncertain rewards of public esteem.

Cast and crew

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack by Shudder to Think

Production notes

The photography by Lucy Berliner (Sheedy) was based on Nan Goldin's work. The photographs themselves were made by Jojo Whilden.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Cold Dish of Careerism". Metroactive Movies. 1998-06-18. Retrieved 2009-12-22.

External links

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