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Basquiat is a 1996 American biographical drama film directed, written and co-composed by Julian Schnabel in his feature directorial debut. The film is based on the life of American postmodernist/neo expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. It is the first film about an American painter written and directed by another artist.
Aug 9, 1996 · Basquiat: Directed by Julian Schnabel. With Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani. The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
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- Biography, Drama
- Julian Schnabel
- 1996-08-09
Aug 16, 1996 · Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright, who gives a performance of almost mystical opacity) was at that time only a few months out of homelessness; he had lived for a time in a cardboard box. He drifted away from his middle-class home and into a world of his own, and even to his girlfriend Gina ( Claire Forlani ) he remained an enigma.
Despite living a life of extreme poverty in Brooklyn, graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright) strives to rise up through the heady New York art scene of the 1970s and 1980s.
- (30)
- Julian Schnabel
- R
- Jeffrey Wright
1,326 IMDb 6.9 1 h 46 min 1996. R. Drama · Bold · Sophisticated · Strange. This video is currently unavailable. to watch in your location. Details. In 1981,a nineteen-year-old unknown graffiti writer took the New York art world by storm. The rest is art history.
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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, Basquiat becomes a star and a part of Andy Warhol 's art world circle.
Jeffrey Wright (HBO's Boycott) stars in this portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the troubled but talented New York artist who soared from living in a box in Tompkins Square Park to dazzling the downtown art scene with his inventive paintings.