Most of the cast does a good to decent job with their characters. Rachel Hayward, who’s done quite a bit of TV and B-movie work, was short but sweet as Verity. The role could have been a throwaway, but her scene with Stella (Wolski) was one of my favorites and then we never see her again. Huh?! I would have loved to see more of those two together, as it stands now it’s just a big tease. On the other hand the janitor, providing an odd scene of humor that doesn’t fit the tone of the film, was a throwaway character I could have gladly done without.

These characters are only in the film for a couple minutes, but John (Novotny), was a major player. Novotny seemed to be uncomfortable in his scenes and I got the feeling that this wasn’t something he developed for the character. When our three thieves are planning their intricate plot to steal a sculpture from a museum they all need to speak with confidence and with that comes a believability of the task at hand. When you have a small, lead cast and two of them shine, the third sticks out like a sore thumb.

Bicanic cares about his work and this is quite clear, the DVD and the website for the film are top-notch and well presented. The original script was feature length and I would strongly recommend they follow through on that when more money and time allow it because this teaser version is promising. As an exercise with the affordable DVX100 digital video camera this short version of Art History proves to be a great one, but as a film, like the John character, it’s a bit weak.

Check back here for our interview with writer/director Nick Bicanic and star Dominika Wolski -- coming soon!