Rent The Cool School (2008)
3.5 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 26min
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- Synopsis:
- The film focuses on the seminal Ferus Gallery, which groomed the LA art scene from a loose band of idealistic beatniks into a coterie of competitive, often brilliant artists, including Ed Kienholz, Ed Ruscha, Craig Kauffman, Wallace Berman, Ed Moses and Robert Irwin. The Ferus also served as launching point for New York imports, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein as well as leading to the first Pop Art show and Marcel Duchamp's first retrospective. What was lost and gained is tied up in a complex web of egos, passions, money, and art. This is how L.A. came of age.
- Actors:
- Eve Babitz, John Baldessari, Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston, Edmond Bereal, Irving Blum, Charles Brittin, William Claxton, Donald Factor, Sonia Gechtoff, Frank O. Gehry, Hal Glicksman, Peter Goulds, Elyse Grinstein, Stanley Grinstein, Henry Hopkins, Dennis Hopper, Walter Hopps, Robert Irwin, Ivan Karp
- Directors:
- Morgan Neville
- Producers:
- Kristine Mckenna
- Narrated By:
- Jeff Bridges
- Writers:
- Kristine Mckenna, Morgan Neville
- Aka:
- The Cool School: The Story of the Ferus Art Gallery
- Studio:
- Revolver
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
