Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art

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Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art

2016

1h 12m

Documentary

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Filmmaker James Crump examines how renegade New York artists created monumental earthworks in the desolate American Southwest in the 1960s and '70s.

Tara Brady

Irish Times

08/08/2016

4/5

The terra incognita beneath the installations ensure much of what we see is a revelation. Despite the short running time, there's much to see here.

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Adam Chapman

Little White Lies

05/13/2016

3/5

An intriguing look at a creatively charged period of art history.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

05/11/2016

4/5

What excitement there is in these folies de grandeur.

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Cathy Butler

Film Ireland Magazine

01/03/2017

Crump's film documents this historical artistic movement, while also raising greater questions about the nature of art itself.

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Kevin Harley

Total Film

01/02/2017

4/5

Using archival interviews to show how enviro-concerns and oppositional thinking drove them, Crump sometimes moves too briskly, but the awe-inspiring imagery speaks volumes: this big-thinking art demands big-screen respect.

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Aine O'Connor

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

05/16/2016

4/5

It's respectful and interesting, gives a good sense of the genesis of the movement, some of the key figures in it, and the art itself. But it is a niche market, mainly for art enthusiasts.

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Filmmaker James Crump examines how renegade New York artists created monumental earthworks in the desolate American Southwest in the 1960s and '70s.

Director: James Crump
Producer: Farley Ziegler, Michel Comte, James Crump
Screenwriter: James Crump
Distributor: First Run Features
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 8, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 27, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.0K
Runtime: 1h 12m

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