Exit Through the Gift Shop
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- armin
Thoughts?
- ETM0
you have too much time on your hands
- dopepope0
Was alright. Nothing amazing. Informative.
- juhls0
http://exitthroughthegiftshop.co…
"Is there an art-world equivalent of crying wolf? If so, Banksy has probably done it.
Banksy, the pseudonymous British street artist, has built his reputation on stunts — like inserting his own work among the masters’ in museums — that taunted the market in which his pieces sold for millions. But with his latest project, the documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” he is laboring to convince audiences that he’s playing it straight.
The film, which opens on Friday in New York and California, follows Thierry Guetta (rumoured to be artist Mr. Brainwash), an amiable Frenchman who lives in Los Angeles and videotapes everything — or so we’re told. When Mr. Guetta and camera eventually tunnel into the world of street art — he was introduced to the scene through a cousin, the Parisian artist Space Invader — his enthusiastic recording melds nicely with the artists’ desire to have their otherwise ephemeral work documented. He captures that scene’s luminaries, like Shepard Fairey and Swoon working on rooftops and in alleys under cover of night."
- desmo0
I thought it was a great film.
I got to meet MBW at one of his shows in New York. Nice fellow.
- adqt0
- bigkidfallsdown0
I thought it was a fun, light hearted documentary. I laughed a lot.
- questine0
BANSKY SUCKS ALMOST AS MUCH AS SHEP.
- then who is good?squidbrains
- it's Banksydopepope
- haters gona hatedesmo
- ideaist0
I enjoyed the narrative this flick took; informative and entertaining...
Thierry Guetta seemed to simply be at the right place at the right time, recognized this and capitalized on it; good on him...
Highly recommended...
- colin_s0
great. and the million forged pounds was hilarious.
- juhls0
I don't think Fairey spends as much time on his art as he used to (some of his newer work has warped drawings (limbs not looking right, objects not making any sense)) but I do appreciate that he has been doing lots of prints for charity lately.