Just recently, Low Cut Connie released the official trailer for his new film Art Dealers a feature-length companion to his critically acclaimed album Art Dealers which was released last month via Contender Records. Following its official premiere at the Richmond International Film Festival it took home its 2023 Artistic Vision Award. Check out the trailer below where we see just how true piano punk Low Cut Connie really is.
Rolling Stone spoke with Adam Weiner about the film, proclaiming “As a music doc, Art Dealers succeeds on the strength of the musicians it profiles: not just the group’s flamboyant frontman, but the ragtag bunch of players who join him as he schleps his piano around the country. As a concert film, it expertly summons the sweaty revival that is a Low Cut Connie gig by culling the best from three shows at New York’s Sony Hall and jazz outpost the Blue Note.”
The first public screening of the Art Dealers film will take place on Thursday, December 21 at Asbury Lanes in Asbury Park, NJ and will be accompanied by a solo piano performance by Low Cut Connie. A full band performance with special guests will follow on Friday, December 22. Tickets are on sale now.
In the tradition of art-world documentaries, Art Dealers follows eccentric rock n roll artist Adam Weiner aka Low Cut Connie, and his band and crew as they attempt to mount a concert production of their new album Art Dealers during a three-night run at Sony Hall and The Blue Note in Covid-era New York City. The stunning high-intensity performances are laid against a backdrop of 15 years of footage that shows an artist plagued by bad luck, but who attacks each performance with humor and stagecraft. Low Cut Connie’s unglamorous day-to-day circumstances are shown in contrast to the undeniable magic of the stage show. The film entertains and inspires while also making a broader statement about the difficult landscape of art and entertainment in modern America.
