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Beautiful Losers (2008) -- This is the theatrical trailer for Beautiful Losers, a documentary by Aaron Rose.
Beautiful Losers (2008) -- This documentary follows the lives and careers of a collective group of Do-it-yourself artists and designers who inadvertently affected the art world.
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Overview

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7.9/10   95 votes
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Directors:
Aaron Rose
Joshua Leonard (co-director)
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Release Date:
2 August 2008 (Japan) more
Genre:
Documentary | Music more
Tagline:
Make Something From Nothing
Plot:
This documentary follows the lives and careers of a collective group of Do-it-yourself artists and designers who inadvertently affected the art world. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
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(10 articles)
Beautiful Losers Out On August 7th
 (From The Cinema Post. 3 August 2009, 9:46 AM, PDT)
FilmCouch #103: Comedy, Tragedy, Criticism
 (From Spout. 9 January 2009, 6:00 AM, PST)
User Comments:
Inside look at how artists 'grow up' more (1 total)

Cast

 
Thomas Campbell ... Himself
Shepard Fairey ... Himself
Jo Jackson ... Herself
Chris Johanson ... Himself
Margaret Kilgallen ... Herself
Harmony Korine ... Himself
Geoff McFetridge ... Himself
Barry McGee ... Himself
Mike Mills ... Himself
Stephen Powers II ... Himself
Claire E. Rojas ... Herself

Aaron Rose ... Himself
Deanna Templeton ... Herself
Ed Templeton ... Himself

Directed by
Aaron Rose 
Joshua Leonard (co-director)
 
Produced by
Ravi Anne .... executive producer
Jon Barlow .... producer
Adam Glickman .... co-producer
Chris Green .... producer
Noah Khoshbin .... producer
Richard Lim .... producer
Douglas Matejka .... production executive: Sidetrack Films
Jared Moshe .... executive producer
Arlo N. Rosner .... co-producer
Matthew Shattuck .... line producer
Christian Strike .... associate producer
Tobin Yelland .... co-producer
 
Original Music by
Money Mark 
 
Cinematography by
Tobin Yelland 
 
Film Editing by
Lenny Mesina 
 
Sound Department
Joel Dougherty .... sound editor
Joel Dougherty .... sound re-recording mixer
Tim LeBlanc .... sound re-recording mixer
 
Editorial Department
Jason Buim .... post-production coordinator
Sin-Halina Sy .... assistant editor
Amber Taylor .... Account Manager (The Post Group )
Fernando Villena .... supervising editor
 
Music Department
Money Mark .... musician
Nick Pavey .... music editor
Randall Poster .... music supervisor
Joe Rudge .... music coordinator
Sam Spiegel .... composer: additional music
 
Other crew
Joey Garfield .... director of special forces
Joseph Labisi .... additional photographic credit
Alex Stapleton .... archivist
Helen Stickler .... archival footage
 

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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Australia:R (2009)
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA more
Company:
Sidetrack Films more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Inside look at how artists 'grow up', 4 August 2008
7/10
Author: (ccyu) from Tokyo, Japan

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I was fortunate to catch _Beautiful Losers_ at its cinematic debut in Tokyo accompanied by an introduction from Aaron Rose and several of the artists featured. The film is an inside look at these fascinating individuals and how their art took in each other's influences and moved from the streets into galleries into commercial agencies and back.

It was an inspiring look at how 'creatives' are made. The discussion of just making stuff for your friends, having street art encapsulate the sacrifices and hopes of each attempt was a much more realistic way to think about nurturing artists as opposed to the '____ is a prodigy who (paints/makes movies/etc).' attitude that rules art reviews and the popular press today. These really were just kids who never stopped painting/making movies/etc. and mastered their crafts.

As documentaries go, this one had fantastic footage of the artists across their evolution. The tribute to Margaret Kilgallen was especially touching. Unfortunately, it suffers from a somewhat wandering message and it was hard at times to piece together the relationships between the artists--which seemed to be at the core of what made them special. You get a sense that this community had fantastic chemistry that really brought out the best but Rose fails to show us how that really comes together. Some artists seem very close while some like Harmony Korine's seem just random and disconnected.

The handling of the commercialization, the artists notions of 'success' and the role of Rose's gallery left me scratching my head. It was all interesting to hear, but I didn't get the point.

Overall, this is worth watching for the great footage, chance to feel like you're right there as the artists show their personalities and a view inside how art should work.

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