art film

The evening was cloudy, but the stars came out anyway, parading in front of Chris Burden’s “Urban Light” sculpture before heading into the controlled chaos of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s 13th Art + Film Gala.

“This is a beautiful evening to celebrate art film and culture,” Kohshin Finley said.

From “A Separate Peace” to “Mean Girls: The Musical,” that teetering cusp between childhood and adulthood has fueled more modern literature, music, art, film and television than any four-year period save, perhaps, the world wars.

As far as inspiration goes, Leon prefers to draw from places other than the source material: If he’s working in music, he prefers not to look solely to music for his references but rather art, film and fashion.

There have been many approaches to this material, from farcical comedy to jolly schlock to art film.