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August 27th 2008 07:43
Boogie Woogie Lands a cast of Excellence
The Boogie Woogie Novel
Doing for the contemporary art world what The Devil Wears Prada did for fashion the novel Boogie Woogie was released in 2000 to some acclaim. Now a cinema adaptation is due to be released later this year.
Set amidst the egos, neurosis and excesses of the modern day London art scene the story centres around the acquisition of Piet Mondrian’s abstract expressionist painting titled Broadway Boogie Woogie. Danny Huston is Art Spindle, a dealer who MUST have the painting despite its current owner, collector Alfred Rhinegold’s (Christopher Lee) reluctance to sell.
Exposing the farcical underbelly of the business end of the creative medium, as the obsession for the piece grows so to does the superficially perceived value, just like real life.
A Plot synopsis from Wikipedia:
“Boogie Woogie is a comedy of manners, its cast of characters devouring each other in a small world awash with big money. Set against the backdrop of contemporary London and the international art scene, it casts an eye over the appetites and morality of some of its major players. Dealers, collectors, artists, wannabees vie with each other in a world in which success and downfall rest on a thin edge.”
Some of the cast of familiar faces that will Boogie Woogie
Adapting his own novel into a screenplay writer Danny Moynihan’s story is Directed by Duncan Ward who makes his feature film debut. An enviable cast which includes Danny Huston, Charlotte Rampling, Gillian Anderson, Christopher Lee, Alan Cumming, Heather Graham, Joanna Lumley, Stellan Skarsgård and Gemma Atkinson bring the collection of vignettes to life.
Curator and Author Moynihan taps into an existence he knows all to well in the book. Danny has been ensconced in the universe that he writes about for several years. His real life contacts are vast with friends like artist Damien Hirst.
Let’s hope the honesty of the book translates to celluloid, maybe we could have another Art School Confidential on our hands.
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