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Basquiat is a film directed by Julian Schnabel about the life of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, starring Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, and Gary Oldman. The film depicts Basquiat's rise to fame, his relationship with Warhol, and his struggles with addiction and isolation.
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.
- (22K)
- 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
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- 3 min
- 464.7K
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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.
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