Friday, September 16, 2011

The Art Of The Steal - 2009 - 3½ Stars

Subject: A priceless collection of art's transition from being part of a private collection to being housed in a public museum
Director: Don Argott

Why do we mistrust documentaries that make no pretense about their position on a particular subject? Or I guess, why do I mistrust them? I suppose it's because it has an agenda - it desperately needs me to agree with its position. Also, there may well be some obfuscation going on behind the scenes; I may not be getting all the facts.

The Art Of The Steal is wonderfully one-sided - it takes a strangely elitist tack that it's difficult to disagree with. Everything is well laid out, the music is a fine Philip Glass knockoff, although I must take issue with having titles to various 'chapters' of the movie - that came off as amateurish. Regardless, it's an interesting story that touches on the importance of property rights and 'the greater good'.

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