Basquiat

1996
18A
1h 47m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,9/10

23 k

MA NOTE

Liretrailer1 min 32 s

1 vidéo

93 photos

Biography Drama

Ce film relate la courte vie de Jean Michel Basquiat, un artiste de rue new-yorkais de renommée mondiale alors qu'il est aux prises avec la célébrité, la drogue et sa propre identité.Ce film relate la courte vie de Jean Michel Basquiat, un artiste de rue new-yorkais de renommée mondiale alors qu'il est aux prises avec la célébrité, la drogue et sa propre identité.Ce film relate la courte vie de Jean Michel Basquiat, un artiste de rue new-yorkais de renommée mondiale alors qu'il est aux prises avec la célébrité, la drogue et sa propre identité.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,9/10

23 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 2 victoires et 3 nominations au total

Anecdotes
The estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat refused to allow his works to be used, so the director, Julian Schnabel, personally painted the reproductions which are used throughout the film.

Gaffes
As Basquiat walks with Gina for the first time, a woman is seen behind them walking a dog on a retractable leash. Retractable leashes were not available in 1981.

Citations
Rene: What is it about art anyway that we give it so much importance? Artists are respected by the poor because what they do is an honest way to get out of the slum using one's sheer self as the medium. The money earned, proof, pure and simple, of the value of that individual, the artist. The picture a mother's son does in jail hangs on her wall as proof that beauty is possible even in the most wretched. And this is a much different idea than fancier notion that art is a scam and a ripoff. But you can never explain to someone who uses God's gift to enslave, that you have used God's gift to be free.

Générique farfelu
At the very end of the credits, a short clip showing a surfer riding on a wave is displayed. It's very similar to the surfing/wave shots that Basquiat keeps seeing whenever he looks up to the sky during the movie, but it's in full color instead of being blue-tinted.

Connexions
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Jack/Aladdin and the King of Thieves/Escape from L.A./Basquiat/The Pompatus of Love (1996)

Bandes originales
Fairytale of New York
Performed by The Pogues
Written by Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer (as Jim Finer)
Published by Perfect Songs/MacGowan Music/SPZ Music, Inc.
Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

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9/10

Basquiat - an inspiration.

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie 'Basquiat'. It is a subtle portrayal of a complex character, beautifully acted by Jeffrey Wright. It would have been easy for the film-makers to go over board with this movie. Basquiat sure did have the character to allow that. And the fact they didn't feel the need to do that, is why I like this movie so much. It'd been easy to concentrate more on the drug taking, on his immense paranoia, and on his lively lifestyle that went beyond Andy Warhol and Madonna. And doing that would have probably got the movie more hype, attention and plaudits. Instead the makers of this movie just give glimpses of his life and merely suggest a whole lot more, and this works well. It's a movie that goes along more at a stroll than a run, and grows in stature and depth as it does so.

But, the 'problem' if you can call it that, with 'Basquiat' is that you need to know this man's art, and this man's character to really enjoy and appreciate this movie. And that's why I think it maybe doesn't get the sympathetic reviews or attention it deserves. If you didn't know about this man's life before seeing the movie, then I don't know what you could take from the film. And if you watch it without knowing about him and his art, then I can imagine it wouldn't really hit the mark.

What makes this movie beautiful in it's subtlety is that it does great justice to the wonderful talent and nature of Jean Michel Basquiat. And if you love his art, then do watch this movie, it's well worth it.

9/10