Great 20th Century Works of Art

[lily1]

film--italian neorealism works pretty well. i've got a couple of books you could borrow. bicycle thief, or la strada, la dolce vita, etc.

[markie]

5?©¬5Ah$riginally posted by Venerable Bede:
  [most of that has already been written about, and mostly in one book: "lipstick traces" by greil marcus.  one of my favourite books, too. [/QUOTE]
 
 
 ah something else  have never heard of that I will make you lend me.

[thirsty moore]

Behind the Green Door...
 
 

Originally posted by ggw:
  How about a film?  I thought you people were all cinephiles.  What do you consider the most important films of the 20th century?

[jadetree]

Originally posted by ggw:
 
 How about a film?  I thought you people were all cinephiles.  What do you consider the most important films of the 20th century?
 

The Tramp or Modern Times

[lily1]

fair enough. we can agree to disagree on lawrence.
 
 though i will agree with you regarding american painters not excelling, esp in the last 40 years.
 
 

Originally posted by Andrew WK:
 I prefer all of them to the dire Lawrence. I dont think American painters have excelled (other than Warhol). The sculptures of Flavin or Judd are more interesting and innovative in a lot of ways. [/QB]

[thirsty moore]

The Wild Bunch!  That's when American film started getting really vicious.

[markie]

Well I already picked 2001, its either that or star wars.
 
 Alternatively Kurosawa and Seven Samurai....
 
 It has been ripped off so often.
 
 Kubricks Tom Lyndon kicked off a whole period drama Genre.
 
 Massive Attack created Trip Hop.
 
 Personally I would end up writing about Damien Hirst, anish Kapoor or the Sex Pistols.
 
 Perhaps if it was the pistols I would write about ripped clothing, but then Richard Hell invented that.

[jadetree]

You could be cliche and do Birth of a Nation for film

[markie]

you could write about one of the greatest photos ever....
 
   <img src="http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/pictures/clash.jpg" alt=" - " />

[Venerable Bede]

eisenstein. . .any of the following would be great: battleship potemkin, ivan the terrible and/or alexander nevsky (my personal favourite).

[thirsty moore]

yes, this is a great photo
 
  <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000IZ6H.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 

Originally posted by Andrew WK:
  you could write about one of the greatest photos ever....

[markie]

perhaps a story on how that turned into this
 
   <img src="http://www.cafewalter.com/cookbook/graphics/fat_elvis.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 would be interesting.

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by Andrew WK:
  5?©¬5Ah$riginally posted by Venerable Bede:
  [most of that has already been written about, and mostly in one book: "lipstick traces" by greil marcus.  one of my favourite books, too.

ah something else  have never heard of that I will make you lend me. [/b][/QUOTE]
 
 it's currently out on loan, so i'll try to get it back sometime soon.
 
 incidentially, 2001 will be the final film in this summer's "screen on the green" on august 11.  other movies showing this summer: July 14 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; July 21 The Postman Always Rings Twice; July 28 Mutiny on the Bounty; August 4 Jailhouse Rock

[larkjr]

Forget pop culture and postmodern visual arts.   The Wasteland and perhaps The Rite of Spring are far more important works that reflect all artistic theory of the time and to this day.  You can't get away with writing 20 pages of bullshit on these subjects.  
 
 Film is problematic - it would be troublesome pinning down one film that "changed everything" in its medium. Many have created or revolutioned genres, but I don't think that's what you are looking for.

[anastasia]

What about the Armory Show of 1913?  It really heralded the start of the modern movement.