Influences: Pollock, Hahn, The Wiggles

Just wait until she learns to read ...Yeah, it’s a cheap shot, but “My Kid Could Paint That” practically invites such easy derision with its title and its subject, a four-year-old girl who becomes a media sensation in the rarified world of abstract art.

Amir Bar-Lev’s documentary made my ten-best list for 2007, and is the focus of my latest Sympatico/MSN DVD column, along with Nina Davenport’s “Operation Filmmaker”. It’ll make sense when you read it.

Oh, and the Genies happened, but I’m working on a quick thing for NOW about that, so check back for the link later this morning.

UPDATE: Here it is!