Comments on: MY KID COULD PAINT THAT d: Amir Bar-Lev http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/my-kid-could-paint-that-d-amir-bar-lev/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nonyahttp://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/my-kid-could-paint-that-d-amir-bar-lev/#comment-485503 Nonya Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:12:14 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10015#comment-485503 This is a very jaded, opinionated and narrow minded review. Is the author reviewing the film itself or post modern abstract expression? This is a very jaded, opinionated and narrow minded review. Is the author reviewing the film itself or post modern abstract expression?

]]> By: jomegahttp://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/my-kid-could-paint-that-d-amir-bar-lev/#comment-479787 jomega Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:44:20 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10015#comment-479787 "In the statement ‘Marla’ even references Ozzy Osbourne." Haven't seen the movie or read the statement attributed to Marla, but I don't think referencing Ozzy would itself necessarily disqualify the thing as having been written by a four-year-old. It's entirely likely that she could have learned about Ozzy from her grandparents or even her parents, as he remains popular and well-known to this day. "In the statement ‘Marla’ even references Ozzy Osbourne."
Haven't seen the movie or read the statement attributed to Marla, but I don't think referencing Ozzy would itself necessarily disqualify the thing as having been written by a four-year-old. It's entirely likely that she could have learned about Ozzy from her grandparents or even her parents, as he remains popular and well-known to this day.

]]> By: Dan Schneiderhttp://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/my-kid-could-paint-that-d-amir-bar-lev/#comment-479691 Dan Schneider Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:12:04 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10015#comment-479691 Good point, Hack. Good point, Hack.

]]> By: Hackson Bollockshttp://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/my-kid-could-paint-that-d-amir-bar-lev/#comment-475465 Hackson Bollocks Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:39:59 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10015#comment-475465 Interesting review, Dan. Another fact so obvious it's amazing nobody noticed (or maybe they just didn't want to notice): virtually all genuine child prodigies are INTERPRETIVE, not CREATIVE, artists. A child violinist or pianist or child actor puts flesh on the skeleton an ADULT composer or director/screenwriter has built. That's a different sort of thing to what a painter (or poet, or novelist) does. Literature and painting are solitary arts performed by a single individual alone. But violin virtuosi or brilliant child actors are adding to a work of substance that already exists: either a musical score or a screenplay/stage play. Common sense should tell anyone this Marla kid couldn't have been a prodigy in the same sense some boy violinist was. Interesting review, Dan. Another fact so obvious it's amazing nobody noticed (or maybe they just didn't want to notice): virtually all genuine child prodigies are INTERPRETIVE, not CREATIVE, artists. A child violinist or pianist or child actor puts flesh on the skeleton an ADULT composer or director/screenwriter has built. That's a different sort of thing to what a painter (or poet, or novelist) does. Literature and painting are solitary arts performed by a single individual alone. But violin virtuosi or brilliant child actors are adding to a work of substance that already exists: either a musical score or a screenplay/stage play.

Common sense should tell anyone this Marla kid couldn't have been a prodigy in the same sense some boy violinist was.

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