Art History (2003)

For all those times you were at an art exhibit wondering just how hard it would be to steal that "priceless ugly thing". Or how easy... Introducing Stella, Alex and John: three honors ... See full summary »

Director:

Nick Bicanic

Writers:

Nick Bicanic, Dominika Juillet (story ideas) (as Dominika Wolski)

Stars:

Dominika Juillet, Martin Christopher, Martin Novotny

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dominika Juillet	...	Stella Anderson (as Dominika Wolski)
Martin Christopher	...	Alex Delaney
Martin Novotny	...	John Baker
Rachel Hayward	...	Verity Phillips
C. Ernst Harth	...	Nathaniel Ipswitch
Hayden Baptiste	...	Dan Spencer
Kenneth G. McIntyre	...	Max (as Ken McIntyre)
Sean Whale	...	Oscar
Jason Bourque	...	Juan the Janitor
Gareth Shaw	...	Karl Malone
Kerry Morrison	...	James Worthy
Lea Harth	...	Jessica Andrew
Andy Chu	...	Klaus the Bartender
Nick Bicanic	...	Additional Cast
Jorah Porteous	...	Additional Cast

Storyline

For all those times you were at an art exhibit wondering just how hard it would be to steal that "priceless ugly thing". Or how easy... Introducing Stella, Alex and John: three honors students with a taste for anti-establishment pranks and the skill level to execute them seamlessley. Crammed with all that accessible knowledge and the competitive spirit of youth, they decide to tamper with the eccentric egos of the art world. With the help of a friend skilled in replication, they decide to relieve a museum of a prized scultpure. At first, the plan is to replace the statue with an exact replica but Stella can't resist throwing in an unexpected variation. Of course it would've helped if she'd told Alex and John about it.

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Plot Keywords:

heist | 

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Taglines:

Steal the moment.

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Genres:

Crime | Short | Adventure

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 November 2003 (Canada)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD10,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gold Star Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Stella Anderson: We're stealing a fat dude?

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Crazy Credits

All names, characters and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No wait. Dan Spencer is not fictitious. He is an Irish windsurfing friend of mine from Maui. No identification with actual persons or events (other than Dan) are intended.

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Soundtracks

Deep End
By Swollen Members
Produced by Seanski
Courtesy of Battleaxe Records

User Reviews

Just a light snack, not a rich dessert

The acting of the main characters, Dan, Stella, John and Alex is stiffly amateurish. Conversations are stilted and without any sort of natural flow. The exhibitionistic behaviour of the Stella character is unnerving and lends nothing to the storyline which is, mischievous college students trying to come up with their next big prank. Theft is mentioned, theft is planned but not a real theft, just a make-believe theft. There's more but I can't give away the ending. I've heard rumours of a full-length feature being made, I don't see how they can do it with these actors in the lead, they could barely keep my interest for the 20 some minutes.

Some neat lighting and camera work, would be of interest to film students interested in the technical side of filmmaking but not much else of value in this almost too long short. I give it a 7 out of 10 for technical and a 2 out of 10 for artistic.