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Grim Reaper? Nope. It's just Banksy.
Exit Through the Gift Shop
directed by Banksy
starring Shepard Fairey, Thierry Guetta, Rhys Ifans and Banksy
rated R
*9.5*
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking there’s no way a documentary about art is going to be interesting, let alone the best film you’ve seen this year. But here’s a brief list of appropriate adjectives about Exit Through the Gift Shop: engaging, funny, insightful, subversive. This is a piece, from an artist whose work tends to be fleeting, that will live long and prosper. It’s anti-establishment, anti-corporate and anti-poseur, taking a smiling, snarling bite out of the hand that feeds it. Yes, this is a work of art about a work of art about a work of art about art, like a dorm-room Escher print that’s actually cool.
Are you getting the idea?
cont. film review, san diego citybeat, 27.04.2010.
directed by Banksy
starring Shepard Fairey, Thierry Guetta, Rhys Ifans and Banksy
rated R
*9.5*
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking there’s no way a documentary about art is going to be interesting, let alone the best film you’ve seen this year. But here’s a brief list of appropriate adjectives about Exit Through the Gift Shop: engaging, funny, insightful, subversive. This is a piece, from an artist whose work tends to be fleeting, that will live long and prosper. It’s anti-establishment, anti-corporate and anti-poseur, taking a smiling, snarling bite out of the hand that feeds it. Yes, this is a work of art about a work of art about a work of art about art, like a dorm-room Escher print that’s actually cool.
Are you getting the idea?
cont. film review, san diego citybeat, 27.04.2010.
