Fresh
A thoroughly enjoyable and fascinating documentary about Landis' amazing feats as a forger and con man.
Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer
Art and Craft
He puts the artist in con artist.
2014 · 1h 30m · Not Rated
Documentary
Directed by
Sam Cullman
,
Jennifer Grausman
,
Mark Becker
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Art and Craft
Overview
For several decades, gifted and incredibly prolific forger Mark Landis compulsively created impeccable copies of works by a variety of major artists, donating them to institutions across the country and landing pieces on many of their walls. ART AND CRAFT brings us into the cluttered and insular life of an unforgettable character just as he finds his foil in an equally obsessive art registrar.
Director and cast
- Sam Cullman Director
- Jennifer Grausman Director
- Mark Becker Director
- Mark Landis as Self
- Lester Sullivan as Self
- Irwin Lakov as Self
- Matthew Leininger as Self - registrar, Cincinnati Art Museum
- Mark Tullos as Self - museum director, Hilliard Museum
- Jill Chancey as Self - curator, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
- Ellen Ruffin as Self - curator, De Grummond Collection
- Aaron Cowan as Self - history professor, University of Cincinnati
- Patty Hall as Self - Hattiesburg Arts Council
- Robert K. Wittman as Self - special agent, Art Crime Team, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's the kind of story a filmmaker dreams of - and yet, "Art and Craft" leaves the viewer uneasy.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
Perhaps the year's most delightfully charming documentary.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten
Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman, and Mark Becker, the directors of "Art and Craft," have themselves an enticing subject in Landis's activities. They do not have an enticing subject in Landis himself.
Mark Feeney, Boston Globe
Fresh
Directors Sam Cullman and Jennifer Grausman maintain a bright tone and a melancholy undercurrent, which combine in an eminently watchable character study.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
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