Basquiat

Basquiat
by Julian Schnabel

Basquiat
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Actor: Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani, David Bowie, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott
Director: Julian Schnabel
Brand: BUENA VISTA HOME VIDEO
Writer: Julian Schnabel
Producer: Jon Kilik
Producer: Joseph Allen
Producer: Lech Majewski
Writer: Lech Majewski
Writer: John F. Bowe
Writer: Michael Holman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-09-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax

Movie Reviews of Basquiat

Movie Review: Compelling and tragic
Summary: 5 Stars

Basquiat's life and demise are lessons in too-sudden fame and the exploitation of African Americans, street people, and the poor. Julian Schnabel has made a subtle and artistically structured tribute to Basquiat, the kind of tribute that only a fellow artist could make. The film exposes the New York art world for some of its artificiality, power plays, maneuvers and corruption in the lime-lighting of potential money-making genius. The film, however, feeds the myth that great artists are marginally sane and creative to the extent of that marginality. An excellent choice for viewing.

Summary of Basquiat

BASQUIAT chronicles the meteoric rise to fame of the gifted and charismatic young New York artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, as he emerged from the streets of the East Village to become an internationally renowned sensation.
In his writing and directorial debut, Julian Schnabel's film Basquiat depicts the life of graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, a.k.a. SAMO, and the turbulent period from the late 1970s to 1988, as his life was catapulted into fame and notoriety. As Jean-Michel's work gained favorable attention from New York's elite art community, he went from a street punk living in a cardboard box to the first black artist to succeed in the all-white dominated art world. Tony Award-winning actor Jeffrey Wright does a brilliant job portraying a man tortured by self-doubt and thoughts of suicide, struggling to survive and be acknowledged as an artist. The film's use of dreamlike imagery and rhythmic pace tells the story from the perspective of Jean-Michel's eyes as he manages to "float" through relationships and gallery showings, until his impending death in 1988 from a heroin overdose. Brimming with talent, the film also stars David Bowie as pop-artist Andy Warhol, Michael Wincott as poet Rene Ricard, and many others, including Gary Oldman, Benicio del Toro, Dennis Hopper, and Courtney Love. --Michele Goodson

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