Museum Town

2019 American film
  • Jennifer Trainer
  • Noah Bashevkin
  • Ivy Meeropol
Starring
  • Nick Cave
  • Denise Markonish
  • Joseph Thompson
  • John Barrett III
  • David Byrne
  • Thomas Krens
  • Ruth Yarter
Narrated byMeryl StreepCinematography
  • Kirsten Johnson
  • Dan Gold
  • Wolfgang Held
Edited byPola RapaportMusic by
  • John Stirratt
  • Paul Pilot
Production
company
THE OFFICE performing arts + film
Distributed byKino Lorber
Release date
  • March 10, 2019 (2019-March-10) (SXSW)
Running time
76 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Museum Town is a 2019 documentary film about MASS MoCA.

The film is narrated by Meryl Streep and scored by Wilco bassist John Stirratt.[1][2][3][4] It had its world premiere at the 2019 South by Southwest Film Festival in the Documentary Feature Competition category.[5]

Premise

Shot over a three-year period, Museum Town profiles the history and identity of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), one of the largest centers for contemporary visual art and performing arts in the United States. The film documents the conceptualization of American artist Nick Cave's critically acclaimed, monumental found-object installation UNTIL, which traveled from MASS MoCA to the Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas, and Carriageworks in Sydney, Australia.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ "'Museum Town' Documents How MASS MoCA Revitalized An Old Mill Town". News. September 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "MUSEUM TOWN". 10 December 2020.
  3. ^ Tallerico, Brian. "Museum Town movie review & film summary (2020) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com/.
  4. ^ Gyarkye, Lovia (17 December 2020). "'Museum Town' Review: A Love Letter to Mass MoCA". The New York Times.
  5. ^ https://www.sxsw.com/festivals/film/2019-lineup/
  6. ^ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/rethinking-the-town-hall-nick-cave-on-until-his-massive-mass-moca-installation-8218/
  7. ^ https://carriageworks.com.au/events/nick-cave-until-2018/
  8. ^ https://themomentary.org/calendar/nick-cave-until/
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  • https://kinolorber.com/film/museum-town
  • https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/museum_town