Banksy: The Motion Picture
The Los Angeles Times has a look at Exit Through The Gift Shop, the new “Banksy” “film.” (Do ironic quotation marks function like a double negative?) The picture debuted at the Sundance film festival and the trailer has been everywhere.
That trailer is likely to cement your opinions about Banksy, one way or the other. Similarly, one imagines Gift Shop will change few minds. Still, it sounds more interesting than a simple documentary:
“Gift Shop” becomes less of a movie about Banksy, his work and his complicated relationship with Guetta and more a study of how we see and appraise art — either through some subjective aesthetic test or economic valuation. Do artists need to earn their fame, or is fame simply imposed upon them through some random algorithm?
For more about the film, here’s the official website, a review from The Independent, and some recent posts at Vandalog.
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