Basquiat (1996) Black and White Version
Director: Julian Schnabel Run Time: 108 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1996
Starring: Benicio del Toro, Claire Forlani, David Bowie, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott
Country: United States
Language: English, Spanish
Restored in a new 4K black and white version, featuring a color sequence for its coda, supervised by artist and director Julian Schnabel.
About the film:
Jean-Michel Basquiat transformed from a street kid to a painter who electrified the 1980s New York scene—and the rest is (art) history. His visionary blend of expressionism, pop art, and the radical new aesthetics of hip-hop and graffiti propelled him to international fame before his untimely demise.
About the filmmaker:
Julian Schnabel is an American painter and filmmaker. In the 1980s, he received international attention for his “plate paintings”—with broken ceramic plates set onto large-scale paintings. Since the 1990s, he has been a proponent of independent arthouse cinema. Basquiat (1996) was Schnabel’s feature directorial debut.
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