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''High Art'' is a 1998 Canadian indie romantic drama film written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko.

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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!!This film provides examples of:
* AlterKocker: Lucy's [[JewishMother mom]]. Justified in that she is a [[spoiler:Holocaust survivor who grew up in Germany]].
* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: Lucy]].
* 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.
* DoggedNiceGuy: James, who suffers in silence—up to a point.
* DrugsAreBad: Averted with most of the tertiary characters; played straight with [[spoiler:Lucy and Greta]].
* FunctionalAddict: Lucy, [[spoiler: until she's not]]. Subverted by Greta, who is definitely no longer functional.
* 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.
* KissingUnderTheInfluence: Between Lucy and Syd, and Syd and James.
* LoveTriangle: Among Lucy, Syd, James and Greta.
* 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.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Syd gives one to James after he makes one too many snide comments about Lucy and her friends.
* SmokingIsCool: In this movie, the more "artistic" the character, the more likely that character is to smoke tobacco, do heroin or both.
* WatchItStoned: Lucy wants Syd to shoot up with her the first time [[spoiler: they have sex.]]

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