(Untitled) (2009)

Director:

Jonathan Parker

Writers:

Catherine DiNapoli (writer)
Jonathan Parker (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music

Tagline:

Everyone's got an opinion.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Untitled In Title | One Word Title

US Showtimes:

Beverly Center Cinemas

12:25pm | 3:00 | 5:15 | 7:35 | 9:50

(personalize)

Cast

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

MPAA:

Rated R for language and nude images.

Runtime:

USA:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45463)

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Parker Film Company

What is Art? What is Music? This film looks at those questions insightfully.

We saw this at the 2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Adam Goldberg plays a composer whose music is as far from commercial or accessible as possible. His brother is a very commercially successful artist who longs for recognition by the art community. They are both attracted to Madeleine, the beautiful and smart owner of an art gallery, who understands the difference between the artistic and commercial worlds in both art and music. The two brothers use Madeleine as the pivot of their balance, as each tries to achieve what they desire - commercial success for one and artistic appreciation for the other. Set in the heart of the art scene in New York, this film has the ring of truth - from the artist with Asperger' who labors over where to hang his work (a single pushpin placed on a blank wall), to the rich, clueless art collector who buys work he doesn't understand and doesn't enjoy - merely because his spreadsheet says it's underpriced. The characters are portrayed with compassion - the director has thankfully resisted the temptation to turn them into easy caricatures. Highly recommended, especially if the viewer has an interest in the modern art or music scene.