These dolls are not the kind that chubby little children's hands will ever touch. Dolls as art, dolls as sculpture, and dolls as valuable collector items are the themes of the day. The show's hosts tiresomely ask each interviewed dollmaker and gallery owner whether dolls are art (care to guess their enthusiastic, unsurprising answer?) Interviews were set up with international doll makers attending the Santa Fe Doll Art show. Show co-founder Peter Coe, who also has his work featured here, is one of the video's co-hosts. Unfortunately, his artistic talent doesn't translate into dazzling television personality. The interviews, touted in the promotional copy as "candid," are in reality labored, stagey, and stilted. You can almost hear the director say "and--cut" when the camera angle shifts. Public libraries serving hordes of enthusiastic doll-makers and collectors might consider; all others can safely skip. Aud: P (R. Reagan)
Doll Art
(1996) 88 min. $39.95. Sirocco Productions. PPR. Color cover. Vol. 12, Issue 1
Doll Art
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