The Odd Allure of Movies Never Made

摘要

Cindy sherman is the nicest suc-cessful artist in the whole art world. This isn't like saying Twiggy Rami- is the nicest member of Marilyn Manson. She really is nice. She calls back to make sure the interview date is still convenient. She doesn't answer the phone while you chat. She keeps the coffee coming in her spectacular SoHo loft. And she hand-carries a tape of "my bad movie" (we'll get to that) to us at a museum opening for a fellow photographer so we can take it home and watch it. All this solicitousness comes from someone who reportedly sold the Museum of Modern Art a complete set of her "Untitled Film Stills" for more than $1 million. (MoMA is exhibiting them June 26-Sept. 2.) If Sherman possesses the art star's requisite spine of cold-rolled steel, she sure doesn't wear it on the outside.