Comments on: Quick Review: The Art of the Steal http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2010/03/29/quick-review-the-art-of-the-steal/ Appreciation and Criticism of Cinema Through Heartland Eyes Tue, 22 May 2012 05:38:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Sam Juliano http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2010/03/29/quick-review-the-art-of-the-steal/comment-page-1/#comment-29666 Sam Juliano Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:47:12 +0000 http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2010/03/29/quick-review-the-art-of-the-steal/#comment-29666 "It’s fairly stunning that several of Argott’s villains–a former head of the Barnes Foundation, former governor, and former attorney-general–were willing to appear in his film and smugly characterize the looting of the collection as a proud moment." Aye Andrew, I was similarly startled by this myself. I had mixed feelings about the film as a whole though, as I felt the argument was one-sided and the crime overstated. After a while the film tested your patience too. “It’s fairly stunning that several of Argott’s villains–a former head of the Barnes Foundation, former governor, and former attorney-general–were willing to appear in his film and smugly characterize the looting of the collection as a proud moment.”

Aye Andrew, I was similarly startled by this myself. I had mixed feelings about the film as a whole though, as I felt the argument was one-sided and the crime overstated. After a while the film tested your patience too.

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