Barry Avrich — Playwright (4)
Prosecuting Evil (2018) [Movie] Douban
Prosecuting Evil
director: Barry Avrich actor: Fatou Bensouda / Wesley Clark
other title: 状告邪恶 / Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
Barry Avrich returns to the Festival with a fascinating portrait of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, who continues to wage his lifelong crusade in the fight for law and peace.
Scorned (1994) [Movie] Douban
Scorned
director: 安德鲁 史蒂文斯 actor: Shannon Tweed / Andrew Stevens
other title: 辣身危情 / 爱你十周半
Overall, this is a banal story of revenge, in which as the Black Mamba Shannon Tweed - famous actress erotic genre in second-rate American films early and mid-90s. Actually, for the sake of her adventures, and its only worth watching. In the tape she manages to seduce the whole family: the father, the mother, and, most interesting of their young son. Intimate scenes average frankness with nudity, but not pornography, with continuous background music, but also with the "original" actor dubbing Ohoven poisonous substances and so on. In general, leave a good impression. Director of the Scorned, Andrew Stevens, once played in a movie Massacre at Central High, made in 1976.
Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World (2017) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb
Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World
director: Barry Avrich actor: 朱利安·施纳贝尔 / 玛丽娜·阿布拉莫维奇
other title: 模糊地带:艺术圈内 / 블러드 라인스: 인사이드 디 아트 월드
As one art scene insider proclaims, the contemporary art world can be summed up as “rich people trying to prove how rich they are,” but is that all there is to this billion dollar industry? Well-researched and expertly constructed, Barry Avrich’s eye-opening documentary peels back the layers of the art world economy- from production to circulation, and delineates every integral player in the game of art-making, including curators, gallerists, collectors, donors, auction houses, and … artists. In the process, he unpacks the complex and surprising ecosystem that supports the art world superstars and million-dollar deals that make front-page news. Featuring extraordinary access to industry players and candid statements from prominent artists like Damien Hirst, Julian Schnabel, Taryn Simon, and Marina Abramovic, Blurred Lines collides the two narratives of the art world as both above and beholden to market forces.