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3 | ''High Art'' is a 1998 Canadian indie romantic drama film written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko. |
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5 | It follows the brief relationship between Lucy Berliner (Creator/AllySheedy), an art photographer, and Syd (Creator/RadhaMitchell), an editor at a photography magazine. While each of them already has a lover, Lucy and Syd find themselves inexorably drawn to each other. |
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8 | !!This film provides examples of: |
9 | * AlterKocker: Lucy's [[JewishMother mom]]. Justified in that she is a [[spoiler:Holocaust survivor who grew up in Germany]]. |
10 | * BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: Lucy]]. |
11 | * DisposableFiancee: It's hinted that Syd isn't that happy with James and their relationship in the start of the movie, and she loses interest in him completely once she meets Lucy. |
12 | * DoggedNiceGuy: James, who suffers in silence—up to a point. |
13 | * DrugsAreBad: Averted with most of the tertiary characters; played straight with [[spoiler:Lucy and Greta]]. |
14 | * FunctionalAddict: Lucy, [[spoiler: until she's not]]. Subverted by Greta, who is definitely no longer functional. |
15 | * JerkassHasAPoint: James is a condescending, insecure drip, but it's not irrational to be alarmed when your girlfriend comes home in the middle of the night high on heroin for the first time. |
16 | * KissingUnderTheInfluence: Between Lucy and Syd, and Syd and James. |
17 | * LoveTriangle: Among Lucy, Syd, James and Greta. |
18 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Lucy Berliner is usually assumed to be a stand-in for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Goldin Nan Goldin]], a real-life bisexual Jewish photographer. |
19 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Syd gives one to James after he makes one too many snide comments about Lucy and her friends. |
20 | * SmokingIsCool: In this movie, the more "artistic" the character, the more likely that character is to smoke tobacco, do heroin or both. |
21 | * WatchItStoned: Lucy wants Syd to shoot up with her the first time [[spoiler: they have sex.]] |
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