(Untitled) (2009)

A Chelsea art gallerist falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic tale about the state of contemporary art.

Director:

Jonathan Parker

Writers:

Catherine DiNapoli, Jonathan Parker

Stars:

Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton, Eion Bailey

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Goldberg	...	Adrian Jacobs
Marley Shelton	...	Madeleine Gray
Eion Bailey	...	Josh Jacobs
Lucy Punch	...	The Clarinet
Vinnie Jones	...	Ray Barko
Zak Orth	...	Porter Canby
Ptolemy Slocum	...	Monroe
Michael Panes	...	Grant
Svetlana Efremova	...	Russian Singer
Marceline Hugot	...	Corporate Art Buyer
Janet Carroll	...	Helen Finkelstein
Ben Hammer	...	Morton Cabot
David Beach	...	Critic at Morton Cabot's Concert
David Cale	...	Critic at Adrian's Concert
Dean Wareham	...	Critic at Adrian's Concert

Storyline

A Chelsea art gallerist falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic tale about the state of contemporary art.

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Plot Keywords:

art | composer | gallerist | taxidermy | musical performance | 

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Taglines:

Everyone's got an opinion.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and nude images

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 June 2011 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

A New York Love Affair

Filming Locations:

Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$18,002 (USA) (23 October 2009)

Gross:

$230,600 (USA) (4 December 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Parker Film Company, Luber Roklin Entertainment, Bossa Nova Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Porter Canby: What is the difference between art and entertainment?
Madeleine Gray: Entertainment never posed a problem it couldn't solve.

User Reviews

Art Is As Art Does (with thumb poised at nose,with four fingers extended upwards)

For those with a knowledge of 20th century modern,and post modern art, this film is for you (and even if you know little about the above mentioned subject matter,this film is also for you---if you have an open mind to give it a chance). (Untitled)is a wry,sly,droll,tongue in cheek comedy about the art world & how art is/can be conceived. Adam Goldberg is Adrian Jacob,a composer who is a little too tightly wound for his own good (he almost always seems to be a walking bundle of seething rage that is threatening to explode at any moment). His music is generally atonal,harsh noise that most folk either walk out on (as evidence in the film's opening,which takes place at a sparsely attended concert of his work at a performance space in New York City,where the story takes place),or outright laugh at. His brother,Josh (played by Eion Bailey)is a successful artist. Both are attracted to Madeleine Gray (played by Marley Shelton),the owner of an uptown,posh art gallery that specializes in modern & post modern (conceptual)art that most folk regard as b.s. Jonathan Parker directs this breezy little comedy from a screenplay written by Parker & Catherine DiNapoli. Perhaps not a perfect film,but worth seeking out for those with interests that include new music (read that as experimental/noise/Avant Garde),Dadaist art (it makes sly,albeit submerged nods to the Fluxus art movement of the late 1950's/early 1960's),and gleefully thumbs it's nose at other denizens of the uptown & downtown art scenes in New York. Anybody who is/was a fan of either of the bands Luna or Galaxie 500,keep your eyes open for a cameo by Dean Wareham,who has a brief role as an art critic at one of Adrian's performances. My personal click to pick was a plum role by Lucy Punch,who is just credited as 'The Clarinet'(a fellow musician who played bass clarinet in Adrian's ensemble),but deserved far better. Rated 'R' by the MPAA for a rude word or two,some brief nudity,some rather tame sexual content & the view of a piece of art that can be regarded by some as pornographic.