1996 Directed by Julian Schnabel
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
Jeffrey Wright David Bowie Dennis Hopper Gary Oldman Benicio del Toro Claire Forlani Michael Wincott Parker Posey Courtney Love Tatum O'Neal Christopher Walken Willem Dafoe Sam Rockwell Jean-Claude La Marre Hope Clarke Rockets Redglare Elina Löwensohn Paul Bartel Joseph R. Gannascoli Michael Badalucco Vincent Gallo
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This movie is so goddamned frustrating.
There is a cast in this movie that makes the IMDB page look made up, practically -- the first three names that hit in the opening credits are David Bowie, Dennis Hopper and Gary Oldman. (And, seriously, Bowie as Andy Warhol is some of the most no-brainer casting ever.) You have people like Willem Dafoe and Parker Posey, actors like Christopher Walken and Benicio del Toro all popping up in this thing.
You have the entire (albeit tragically short) incredible life of the artistic Jean Michel Basquiat at your disposal, someone whose Wikipedia page alone is staggering when it comes to the wide net of connections it has and the diversity and influence of…
Well made and acted biopic of the artist Jean Michel Basquiat. What’s most impressive about it is the amazing cast, each scene just gets better and better when more and more fabulous actors show up. Courtney Love especially makes great use of her minimal screen time.
Maybe I need to pay more attention, but I feel like this didn't really tell me all that much about Basquiat's life? His (well, a) personality is present, and it has moments where it feels compelling, where you see a spark of someone you want to know more about. Those moments, though, never go further, and the parade of familiar faces and characters are little more than cameos that provide little context. I don't know what Basquiat was actually like, but it seems unlikely that he was so... devoid, disconnected, that his art and his life weren't somehow more strongly bound, that the experiences we see could not be somehow more connected to the art we see. The rare instances…
This film truly had the opportunity to be a masterpiece. No it’s not anywhere close to it. But it really had the ability. Look at this damn cast. You’ve got Bowie playing Warhol and a lineup of other awesome actors. Even Jeffrey Wright plays Basquiat pretty damn well, but there’s something off, and I don’t blame him. I blame the weird script , the weird 90’s vibe that’s trying to be put on display, and just the film itself , not really fitting the story of the complex life of Jean Michel Basquiat. The tragic life that he lived.
His story is remarkable and it’s a pity that this didn’t work out that well. I feel as if the director…
I read that director Julian Schnabel was not allowed to use original Basquiat art in the portrait he made in 1996 of his generation's companion. So, the director himself took up the brush. For the Basquiat copies signed by Schnabel almost as much was paid at auctions as for Schnabel's own work.
Schnabel's biopic starts in 1979. Jean-Michel Basquiat lives on the street. At night he sleeps in a cardboard box in Central Park, during the day he walks through Manhattan with a plastic bag in one hand and a spray can in his other hand, where he leaves short, cryptic texts everywhere. His life changes when he meets Andy Warhol (avid part by David Bowie, who put down an…
Basquiat is a brief history of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a renowned American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. It recounts Basquiat's struggles with his identity, addictions and fame.
Basquiat is visually stunning in cinematic style, comparable to his art form which incorporates elements of pop culture with rap, punk, and graffiti art, along with enigmatic epigrams on social critique. With such a stellar cast portraying some famous figures in New York art history, their performances still seem quite superficial and fail to impress. The overall film doesn't appeal as much as its principal subject, nor the ambition it attempts to achieve.
when someone decides to make a biopic you’d expect that choice to be motivated by feelings of sympathy or care about the film’s main subject, like a passion project. unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be the case with 1996 baquiat, a film whose title seems uncannily inappropriate since the painter it’s named after never feels like the protagonist.
the director and writer, julian schnabel, is also a painter from new york who was a contemporary of basquiat. this intersection between their lives could’ve given the film authenticity but it was blown out of proportion and was ultimately nocuous. the author is way too present and feels like he can alter the past as he pleases, making his opinions bleed through…
"Boom, for real."
How do graffiti artists discuss art?
By offering to meet deface deface.
Boom boom.
