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Basquiat (1996) 6.9
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Reviews: 73 user | 37 critic | 20 from Metacritic.com Basquiat tells the story of the meteoric rise of youthful artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Starting out as a street artist, living in Thompkins Square Park in a cardboard box, Jean-Michel is "... See full summary » Director:Julian SchnabelWriters:Lech Majewski (story) (as Lech J. Majewski) , John Bowe (short story) (as John F. Bowe) , 2 more credits » |
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Basquiat tells the story of the meteoric rise of youthful artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Starting out as a street artist, living in Thompkins Square Park in a cardboard box, Jean-Michel is "discovered" by Andy Warhol's art world and becomes a star. But success has a high price, and Basquiat pays with friendship, love, and eventually, his life. Written by Martin Lewison <lewison+@pitt.edu>
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In 1981, A Nineteen-Year-Old Unknown Graffiti Writer Took The New York Art World By Storm. The Rest Is Art History.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
9 August 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Build a Fort, Set It on Fire See more »Box Office
Budget:
$3,300,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$83,863 (USA) (9 August 1996)Gross:
ITL 780,048,000 (Italy) (6 June 1997)Company Credits
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Rene: Everybody wants to get on the Van Gogh boat. There's no trip so horrible that someone won't take it. The idea of the unrecognized genius slaving away in a garot is deliciously foolish one. We must credit the life of Vincent Van Gogh for really sending this myth into orbit. I mean, how many pictures did he sell, one? He couldn't give them away. He has to be the most modern artist, but everybody hated him. He was so ashamed of his life that the rest of our history will be ...
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Performed by The Psychedelic Furs (as Psychedelic Furs)
Written by John Ashton (as John Butler), Tim Butler, Richard Butler,
Vince Ely, Duncan Kilburn and Roger Morris
Used by Permission of EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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Chris Rock was considered for the role of Basquiat. According to Rock, he was not interested in the role because, at the time, he did not know who Basquiat was. See more »Goofs
Gina has a Diet Pepsi can from the 1990s when she goes to Basquiat's meeting with the Krugers at his studio in the 1980s. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Rene: Everybody wants to get on the Van Gogh boat. There's no trip so horrible that someone won't take it. The idea of the unrecognized genius slaving away in a garot is deliciously foolish one. We must credit the life of Vincent Van Gogh for really sending this myth into orbit. I mean, how many pictures did he sell, one? He couldn't give them away. He has to be the most modern artist, but everybody hated him. He was so ashamed of his life that the rest of our history will be ...
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Crazy Credits
At the very end of the credits, a short clip showing a surfer riding on a wave is displayed. It's very similar to the surfing/wave shots that Basquiat keeps seeing whenever he looks up to the sky during the movie, but it's in full color instead of being blue-tinted. See more »Soundtracks
IndiaPerformed by The Psychedelic Furs (as Psychedelic Furs)
Written by John Ashton (as John Butler), Tim Butler, Richard Butler,
Vince Ely, Duncan Kilburn and Roger Morris
Used by Permission of EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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If you love art, this movie is definitely for you. If character development and good writing are important elements in your movie selections, definitely add this one to your list of "must sees." However, if you typically only prefer major "blockbuster hits," you may want to forego it.
Intricately performed and written, this film is "art-house" & "independent" at it's very finest. David Bowie is perfection as Jean Michel Basquiat's friend and mentor, Andy Warhol. Michael Wincott sheds his usual grovel-voiced tough guy persona to play Basquiat's first flamboyantly feminine art dealer. Jeffrey Wright's brilliant performance as the complex Basquiat received a nomination for "Best Debut Performance," and Benecio Del Toro won "Best Supporting Male Performance" at the 1997 Independent Spirit Awards. Even the minor characters (Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper, Parker Posey, Willem Dafoe) add colorful performances to Julian Schnabel's first "canvas on film." --J.B.