MOVIE · 1996
Basquiat
Drama108 min
Jean-Michel Basquiat rises from downtown graffiti artist to art-world celebrity in 1980s New York, where fame, drugs, and questions of identity close in fast. Jeffrey Wright is Basquiat, moving from park benches and street corners into galleries, parties, and the orbit of collectors and fellow artists. Benicio Del Toro and David Bowie are part of the crowd around him as the film follows his sudden ascent and the strain it puts on his friendships, love life, and sense of self.
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