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In this scene from the third episode of "50 Documentaries to See Before You Die," producer Jaimie D'Cruz and editor Chris King introduce "Exit Through the Gift Shop." Clocking in at No. 21 on the list, Banksy's documentary brings viewers along as an amateur filmmaker who initially wanted to shoot Banksy turns out to be a better subject. Eccentric shop keeper Thierry Guetta finds unexpected fame in the art world as "Mr. Brainwash," captivating consumers and confusing critics and fellow artists alike. Guertta's success is so confoundingthat many believe the whole film is a hoax, but D'Cruz and King promise that Theirry Guetta's story is all fact.
Renowned documentarian Morgan Spurlock hosts "50 Documentaries To See Before You Die," a celebration of the most remarkable and moving documentaries released in the past 25 years. It examines how the documentary feature has evolved into an increasingly popular genre, becoming a major box office draw and impacting contemporary American culture in ways never seen before.
"50 Documentaries To See Before You Die" airs Tuesdays at 9/8c throughout August on Current TV.
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In this behind-the-scenes exclusive, filmmaker and host Morgan Spurlock interviews Mr Brainwash from Banksy's "Exit Through the Gift Shop" for "50 Documentaries to See Before You Die."
Is this artist the real deal or are Mr Brainwash and the documentary both part of an elaborate hoax? Spurlock attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery once and for all.In this behind-the-scenes exclusive, filmmaker and host Morgan Spurlock interviews Mr... more
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Banksy, the British graffiti artist, has hit Los Angeles in the runup to the Oscars on 27 February, in which his film, Exit Through the Gift Shop, is nominated in the best documentary category.
To mark the occasion he has brought his spraycans.
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Out of this year's roughly 200 Oscar nominees, the Academy is hoping that all but one of them show up at the Kodak Theater on February 27.
The problematic nominee is Banksy, the elusive graffiti artist nominated for directing the documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop."
Banksy doesn't show his face in public, appeared hooded and in silhouette in the movie, and didn't even admit to being the film's director until months after its release.
Before his film made its debut at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, he left several pieces of street art around Park City, but did not make any appearances during the festival.
For an organization that prides itself on security and decorum, there's something unsettling about the thought of an Oscar winner taking the stage in disguise, or trying to accept the award without revealing his identity.
"The fun but disquieting scenario," said the Academy's executive director, Bruce Davis, on Monday, "is if that film wins and five guys in monkey masks come to the stage all saying, 'I'm Banksy!' Who the hell do we give it to?"
(Davis was apparently referencing a newspaper article, which has since been disputed, claiming that Banksy sometimes wore a monkey mask in public. A promotional still from the film, above, depicts Banksy sitting next to such a mask.)
At the annual nominees luncheon, which of course Banksy did not attend, Davis told TheWrap that the Academy "needs to have a procedure in place," and is working to figure out what that procedure might be. "That's the fun part of this job," he said. "There's always some crazy-ass wrinkle you never thought of before."
As the luncheon wound down, Davis and Academy president Tom Sherak huddled at a table with Jaimie D'Cruz, the producer of "Exit Through the Gift Shop," who is also nominated for the award, and with an executive producer. And on Tuesday afternoon, Sherak told TheWrap that he thought they'd come to an agreement on what might happen if "Exit" wins – a scenario, he hopes, that involves neither Banksy nor anybody claiming to be him.
"The reason we had that conversation," Sherak said, "was that we had to make sure we were all comfortable with what would happen if he was to win, knowing that he doesn't want anybody to know who he is."
If Banksy isn't comfortable showing his face on the Kodak stage, Sherak said, then the Academy isn't comfortable having him on that stage.
"We suggested to them that it might be a good idea that if he did win, one of them would accept in his place – that it would not be dignified for the Academy to have somebody come up wearing a monkey's head."
The Academy and D'Cruz essentially came to an agreement, Sherak said, that if "Exit" wins, D'Cruz will accept for himself and Banksy, without any additional shenanigans.
http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/academy-grapples-banksy-problem-24563Out of this year's roughly 200 Oscar nominees, the Academy is hoping that all but... more
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Banksy declined my interview but Marty Morrow was happy to screen it. Check out his thoughts on the film & Banksy. Also, Shephard Fairey's thoughts on street art.
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EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
In the late 1990s, a hybrid form of graffiti began appearing in cities around the world. Enlisting stickers, stencils, posters, and sculpture and spread by the burgeoning Internet, it would be labeled “street art” and establish itself as the most significant counterculture movement of a generation. Los Angeles–based filmmaker Terry Guetta set out to record this secretive world in all its thrilling detail. For more than eight years, he traveled with the pack, roaming the streets of America and Europe, the stealthy witness of the world’s most infamous vandals. But after meeting the British stencil artist known only as “Banksy,” things took a bizarre turn. Banksy turns the tables on the only man who has ever filmed him, creating a remarkable documentary that is part personal journey and part an exposé of the art world with its mind-altering mix of hot air and hype. In the end, Exit Through the Gift Shop is an amazing ride, a cautionary modern fairy tale… with bolt cutters. www.banksyfilm.com
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A band called 'Exit Through the Gift Shop' received emails from Banksy asking if they'd change the groups name, probably because the bands name would clash/may cause legal problems with Banksys' film.
The group agreed on Brace Yourself, and are now the proud owners of a new backdrop for their gigs created by Banksy, it shows the grim reaper riding a dodgem car with the bands new name on show. The artwork has been evaluated at £200,000.
""When we saw the painting we could not believe it," said Duncan. "It is the size of a double bed, for a start. We had to insure it, so a man from Sotheby's came over to see it in my loft. He said to me, 'This is surreal. I have just been valuing an 18th-century portrait in a stately home, but it is not as valuable as this.'"
The band have put the painting in storage at Sotheby's and will perform in front of a full-size copy."-The Guardian.A band called 'Exit Through the Gift Shop' received emails from Banksy... more
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Announced via his home page (http://banksy.co); the notorious street artist made an official statement on Thursday, January 21st, that he'd be releasing his own feature film. It's entitled "Exit through the Gift Shop", and was described vaguely on his page as a film having the "mental age " of a 13 year old. To me Banksy is most memorable for his pieces in New Orleans, the "Village Petstore" in NYC, and of course who could forget his pleasant depiction of the Mona Lisa; A firm looking expression of a woman, replaced by a smiley face, in which he took the liberty of hanging himself in The Louvre.
I have quite a fondness of the man's work, he achieves a satirical brilliance that street art has yet to grasp. An anti-hero, a vagrant vagabond misting sarcasm in living color upon the bricks of all corporate cultures. The film debuted at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and is loosely about a filmmaker attempting to document street art. Upon his filming, he bumps into none other than the rat peddler himself, Banksy. At this point everything goes awry. In Banksy's words, it's "the story of how one man set out to film the unfilmable - and failed".
The trailer doesn't offer much for a gist, just some more displays of it's creators off-brandish humor. I say if you got the shot at catching it somewhere, or if it ever hits Netflix or the major market, don't pass this one up. If the film doesn't promise a laugh, and my suspicions say it will, at least the artwork will take ahold of your optical nerves for 89-minutes.Announced via his home page (http://banksy.co); the notorious street artist made an... more
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