I describe Boogie
Woogie as a satirical film rather than a comedy and which sets out to
reveal the pretentious world of the contemporary art dealer and collector. A
world in which vast sums of money change hands, older men attempt to seduced
attractive young women and older women take up young artists, all familiar
stuff and done before in various ways.
What makes this film interesting is the number of
established actors who participate, including Christopher Lee, Joanna Lumley,
Charlotte Rampling and the young Amanda Seyfried who came to the fore in Mama Mia
and only recently in Les Miserables. My
problem is that I was not engaged by any of the characters or what happens to
them, but more significantly the film is so unbalanced, throwing out the baby
with the bath water. Of course the people who buy and sell artworks can become the
subject of confidence tricksters; the sums of money exchanged are preposterous but
no more than bankers or professional footballers and Hollywood film actors. and sex governs much of
human activity, but contemporary art is important and most contemporary artists serious people attempting to express themselves
in a relevant, creative and original way foremost and earn a living secondary,
much as most musicians, actors, writers and other creative artists.
There have been few serious film about Jazz and Jazz men and women.
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