Marla Olmstead Articles
MY KID COULD PAINT THAT, SALIM BABA, PLEASE VOTE FOR ME Screening
Salim Baba (right), Please Vote for Me and My Kid Could Paint That will be screened as the final installment of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ annual "Contemporary Documentaries" series on Wednesday, June 3, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free. Salim Baba tells the story of 55-year-old Salim Muhammad, who, with the help of a [...]
MY KID COULD PAINT THAT d: Amir Bar-Lev
My Kid Could Paint That (2007) Direction: Amir Bar-Lev By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: In a real sense, the 83-minute documentary My Kid Could Paint That is one of the most disgusting films of all time. It disgusts because a) it so vividly displays the utter nonsense and stupidity of the modern art scamming that has gone on for the last half century [...]
MY KID COULD PAINT THAT Review Part II
MY KID COULD PAINT THAT Review – Part I [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8-9q9Okkn8[/youtube] The My Kid Could Paint That DVD's best (or worst) feature is a brief set of queries directed at the New York Times’ Kimmelman (above). His answers and disingenuity make for an enjoyable bit of borderline hilarity as the man shows an utter ineptness in responding to even the most basic and straightforward queries on [...]