Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Black & White / Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 9, 2010
- Originally Released: 2010
- Label: New Video Group
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Tamra Davis | |
Subject: | Jean-Michel Basquiat |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/5 --
While it is wonderful to see so many Basquiat paintings, at the film's end the viewer is left feeling complicit in the exploitation.
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Dallas Morning News
It places Basquiat's art in a cultural context with an enthusiasm and zest that make the many pictures shown come blazingly alive.
New York Times
Rating: 3.5/4 --
A touching portrait that may not be the last word on the painter, but has facts and context to burn.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
3.5 stars out of 5 -- [A] fine, visually handsome biographical documentary....Davis does a heroic job of bringing th edgy and diffuse mixed-media New York art scene of the '80s back to life...
Box Office
Rating: 4/5 --
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child is a remarkably rich documentary possessing depth, range, insight and compassion.
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Los Angeles Times
Rating: 3/4 --
Tamra Davis's documentary does serve as a worthy companion to Julian Schnabel's 1996 biopic.
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Globe and Mail
What may convince viewers of the quality of the art and the genius of its creator is the barrage of so many paintings, flashing each briefly before the eyes.
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Product Description:
Director Tamra Davis delves into the life of the artist whose status as a cult figure began to overshadow his neoexpressionist output, and whose friendship with Andy Warhol cemented his role in pop-culture history. In the late '70s, a Lower East Side graffiti artist who signed his work "Samo" emerged the darling of the New York art scene. Samo's real name was Jean-Michel Basquiat, and in just a few short years, Basquiat would be an internationally celebrated artist. But being a black artist in the 1970s wasn't all fun and fame; despite all of his success, Basquiat found intolerance and misconceptions dogging him at every turn. In this film, Basquiat's friend Davis uses her talents as a filmmaker to offer a better look at both the man and the iconoclast.
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