My Kid Could Paint That DVD (Region 99)

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7.7 Listal rating 0 Videos 0 Pictures 1 Reviews 0 Lists 3 Ratings Manufacturer : Sony Pictures Release date : 4 March 2008 Number of discs : 1 EAN : 0043396225190 UPC : 043396225190 None item Recommend this to a friend Friend : Please selectTamara H (tamaraphardy29)Professor Brown (professorbrown)sheeper (sheeper)Rômulo Kainof (romulo)Ceinwyn (alinde)BB Walter (bbwalter)sweeety (hejer)kkatris (kkatris)franchises (franchises) Note (optional) : or cancel Mark this item as loaned Listal member or Please selectTamara H (tamaraphardy29)Professor Brown (professorbrown)sheeper (sheeper)Rômulo Kainof (romulo)Ceinwyn (alinde)BB Walter (bbwalter)sweeety (hejer)kkatris (kkatris)franchises (franchises) Non listal name Loaned on 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember 200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020 or cancel Watched UnwatchedWatchingWatched Condition Not specifiedMintNear mintGoodAveragePoor Private notes or cancel

Description Suitable for framing, Amir Bar-Lev's "family human interest story" indelibly captures the media maelstrom that engulfed the Olmsteads of Binghamton, N.Y. when their daughter, Marla, age 4, became the darling of the art world with her abstract paintings. As a gallery owner tells Bar-Lev, the situation is "perfect": The family is charismat Suitable for framing, Amir Bar-Lev's "family human interest story" indelibly captures the media maelstrom that engulfed the Olmsteads of Binghamton, N.Y. when their daughter, Marla, age 4, became the darling of the art world with her abstract paintings. As a gallery owner tells Bar-Lev, the situation is "perfect": The family is charismatic, and Marla is, indeed, "a doll" and her paintings, "unbelievable." More on that later. Bar-Lev chronicles how a community newspaper article about Marla was picked up by the New York Times, leading to more newspaper articles, sold out gallery showings, and media throngs. Marla's paintings sold upward of $25,000 (the owner of the Houston Rockets bought one), and talk-show hosts (Conan, Dave, Oprah) wanted Marla on their shows. "You're in for a wild ride, I hope you're prepared for this," the gallery owner says he told Mark Olmstead, Marla's father, a Frito Lay factory worker who also dabbles as an artist. But no one is prepared when Charlie Rose, during a 60 Minutes Wednesday broadcast, raises questions on whether Marla is the sole artist. Was she coached? Were the paintings doctored, or even painted by someone else? Could she even be called a prodigy? Bar-Lev's canvas expands to consider the nature of art and media culture. It also becomes something of a self-portrait as he struggles with his own growing suspicions about Marla's paintings after he has befriended the family and earned their trust. My Kid Could Paint That is not a masterpiece, but it will resonate especially for everyone who says they don't know art, but they know what they like. It would be an excellent companion to Who the #%&% is Jackson Pollock? --Donald Liebenson Stills from My Kid Could Paint That (click for larger image) More Sony Pictures Classics Documentaries Who Killed the Electric Car? Winged Migration Why We Fight

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In this thought-provoking documentary, Director Amir-Bar-Lev tracks the overnight celebrity of little Marla Olmstead, a toddler who creates gallery-worthy paintings on the dining room table of her family home. A media sensation by the age of four, critics compare her work with Jackson Pollock's. Sales of her paintings reach $300,000. But, sadly, the bubble bursts. When a 2005 profile by "60 Minutes" suggests that Marla had help making her paintings, the finger is pointed at her father, an amateur artist and night manager at Frito Lay. Almost overnight, her family is ensnared in a web of accusation and denial - with the burden of proof placed squarely in their lap: Is Marla a child prodigy or an innocent victim of a hoax?

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