list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Basquiat on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Basquiat/93726/default.aspx Title: Basquiat
Year: 1996
Director: Julian Schnabel
Plot: Andy Warhol was a phenomenon who warrants a lot of explaining: a completely colorless mega-star celebrity, and a kind of LaBrea Tarpit for a vivid and talented collection of oddballs in the New York scene. He fostered their continued degeneration into weird lifestyles and heavy drug use; and at the same time acted as their mentor, agent, and sponsor. One artist who came to be part of Warhol's "scene" was Jean Michel Basquiat, an antisocial street-bum who went from writing graffiti on alley walls to being the toast of New York City's art world. This film biography chronicles the progression of Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright) and his progression from living in cardboard boxes to penthouses, his romances, his drug use, and his death in 1988 at age 27. Along the way, he never stopped detesting the rich, including art agent Bruno Bischofberger (Dennis Hopper), and he never lost his naivete. Warhol (David Bowie) picks up some of the pieces as Basquiat lurches through the art scene. Cameo appearances by Tatum O'Neal and Courtney Love add spice to this interesting film. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
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]]>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:31:30 GMTBasquiat1996Julian Schnabel<a href="/players/P___115970/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Andy Warhol</a> was a phenomenon who warrants a lot of explaining: a completely colorless mega-star celebrity, and a kind of LaBrea Tarpit for a vivid and talented collection of oddballs in the New York scene. He fostered their continued degeneration into weird lifestyles and heavy drug use; and at the same time acted as their mentor, agent, and sponsor. One artist who came to be part of Warhol's "scene" was Jean Michel Basquiat, an antisocial street-bum who went from writing graffiti on alley walls to being the toast of New York City's art world. This film biography chronicles the progression of Basquiat (<a href="/players/P____77607/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jeffrey Wright</a>) and his progression from living in cardboard boxes to penthouses, his romances, his drug use, and his death in 1988 at age 27. Along the way, he never stopped detesting the rich, including art agent Bruno Bischofberger (<a href="/players/P____94825/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Dennis Hopper</a>), and he never lost his naivete. Warhol (<a href="/players/P____82636/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>David Bowie</a>) picks up some of the pieces as Basquiat lurches through the art scene. Cameo appearances by <a href="/players/P____53569/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tatum O'Neal</a> and <a href="/players/P____43419/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Courtney Love</a> add spice to this interesting film. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide11Tag Target (>10)10623http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t22604j36wg.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Basquiat/93726/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Re_Out_2008_s_nominees_for_the_Best_Achievement_in/657/38591/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 12/19/2008 11:31:30 AM
Body: Well this poll seems to have petered out already. I am glad that most of the entries have gotten votes, that usually indicates an interesting poll. I personally have not seen Michael Clayton or Basquiat, but I had a friend who liked Basquiat a lot. No one has voted for it and no one has mentioned even liking it really, so maybe that's the weakest debut for all of these directors. My favorite of the other three would be Blood Simple, even though it's still actually my least favorite Coen brothers film. Hard Eight is also good, and reveals PT Anderson's recognizable style in it's infancy. I feel like both of these were these artists weakest films, but these are also both amongst my favorite directors so I still think their weakest films are fantastic! As for Thank You For Smoking, I also found it to be a good movie, but not a favorite. The worst part was probably that precocious kid. I hate precocious kids in movies!
]]>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:31:30 GMTRisseladaMovie Polls12/19/2008 11:31:30 AMWell this poll seems to have petered out already. I am glad that most of the entries have gotten votes, that usually indicates an interesting poll. I personally have not seen Michael Clayton or Basquiat, but I had a friend who liked Basquiat a lot. No one has voted for it and no one has mentioned even liking it really, so maybe that's the weakest debut for all of these directors. My favorite of the other three would be Blood Simple, even though it's still actually my least favorite Coen brothers film. Hard Eight is also good, and reveals PT Anderson's recognizable style in it's infancy. I feel like both of these were these artists weakest films, but these are also both amongst my favorite directors so I still think their weakest films are fantastic! As for Thank You For Smoking, I also found it to be a good movie, but not a favorite. The worst part was probably that precocious kid. I hate precocious kids in movies! http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Out_2008_s_nominees_for_the_Best_Achievement_in_Di/657/38386/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 12/15/2008 11:47:42 AM
Body: Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Hard EightBlood SimpleMichael ClaytonThank You For SmokingBasquiat
]]>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:47:42 GMTRisseladaMovie Polls12/15/2008 11:47:42 AMPlease reference this thread for the rules of this group. Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Hard EightBlood SimpleMichael ClaytonThank You For SmokingBasquiat http://www.spout.com/blogs/kristen/archive/2008/11/10/37165.aspx Post By: kristen
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Post Date: 11/10/2008 6:08:02 PM
Body: From a quick online inquiry into his artwork it seems that Julian Schnabel is not as much of a screw up as a painter as he is as a filmmaker. I have now seen two of his abysmal films, the first being The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (an utter abomination) that earned Julian Schnabel a best director nomination at the 2007 Academy Awards (of course the academy likes his pretentious dribble). The second miserable film of his I had the displeasure of watching is Basquiat, a biopic about contemporary (and possible friend) Jean-Michel Basquiat. I read on wikipedia that Basquiat had regular art showings with Julian Schnabel. This leads me to believe that Schnabel knew the man and could at least provide some insight into his art, his mind, his mannerisms, something, in his movie. Unfortunately, Schnabel is a terrible filmmaker and in this case, maybe a terrible observer of humanity. He portrays Basquiat as a hollow, lackluster shell of a human being. Actor Jeffrey Wright gives an empty performance marked only by his strained facial features and painful following-the-motions mannerisms of conflicted genius. Schnabel assumes Basquiat is a genius without ever giving the audience a reason to agree. The first we are told about Basquiat is that he likes to damage other people’s property with his not so impressive graffiti (but he can do this because he is such a genius). Then he goes into a restaurant and pours syrup onto the table and draws a picture of the waitress face. She is so charmed that she immediately gives him her number then jumps into bed with him. These are the first signs of an obnoxious indie movie. Then in a Wes Anderson dismay, Basquiat despondently walks around the city to the tunes of songs telling his dejected mood (some of which are good, like Bowie’s “A Small Plot of Land”). Toward the end of the movie, Basquiat walks around the city to three different songs, back to back. Finally as the songs find liberation, so does Basquiat. The movie ends with a pretentious story about a king who shares beauty with the world while trapped in a tower, just like Basquiat. After reading a short biography about Julian Schnabel it seems that Basquiat is as much of an autobiography as a biography. Schnabel, like Basquiat, had a quick rise to popularity seemingly from out of nowhere. (You can read this short biography at http://www.leninimports.com/julian_schnabel.html). Schnabel had a charismatic and eccentric personality (we could only wish that the character Basquiat have some charisma). But the most impressive thing about Schnabel is his paintings. And the most impressive thing about the movie are the paintings, all of which Schnabel created (“since rights to Basquiat's work were not granted to the filmmakers by the artist's estate” Allmovie.com). The paintings are what give the character Basquiat respect but this is ultimately a respect for Schnabel’s work. So isn’t this movie more of a celebration of Schnabel’s genius than Basquiat’s? Well, it’s a poor celebration at that. So much for stroking your own ego. This is a movie by an insider of the New York art scene in the 1980’s that doesn’t seem to have an idea about that world. Maybe Schnabel did too many drugs to know what was going on in the world around him. Despite the fact that this is an insiders view, the movie tells us nothing of interest. It is a sub-standard biopic because in Basquiat not even the acting is good and the plot is certainly not entertaining. The only thing that saves this movie from zero stars is David Bowie as Andy Warhol. Bowie does a convincing job and is as always entertaining to watch. Julain Schnabel should stick to his paintings. Only in those does he find some sort of artistry. http://www.moca-la.org/museum/pc_media_viewer.php?acsnum=85.82&dim=600px http://www.moca-la.org/museum/pc_media_viewer.php?acsnum=85.83&dim=600px
]]>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:08:02 GMTkristenkristen Blog11/10/2008 6:08:02 PM From a quick online inquiry into his artwork it seems that Julian Schnabel is not as much of a screw up as a painter as he is as a filmmaker. I have now seen two of his abysmal films, the first being The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (an utter abomination) that earned Julian Schnabel a best director nomination at the 2007 Academy Awards (of course the academy likes his pretentious dribble). The second miserable film of his I had the displeasure of watching is Basquiat, a biopic about contemporary (and possible friend) Jean-Michel Basquiat. I read on wikipedia that Basquiat had regular art showings with Julian Schnabel. This leads me to believe that Schnabel knew the man and could at least provide some insight into his art, his mind, his mannerisms, something, in his movie. Unfortunately, Schnabel is a terrible filmmaker and in this case, maybe a terrible observer of humanity. He portrays Basquiat as a hollow, lackluster shell of a human being. Actor Jeffrey Wright gives an empty performance marked only by his strained facial features and painful following-the-motions mannerisms of conflicted genius. Schnabel assumes Basquiat is a genius without ever giving the audience a reason to agree. The first we are told about Basquiat is that he likes to damage other people&rsquo;s property with his not so impressive graffiti (but he can do this because he is such a genius). Then he goes into a restaurant and pours syrup onto the table and draws a picture of the waitress face. She is so charmed that she immediately gives him her number then jumps into bed with him. These are the first signs of an obnoxious indie movie. Then in a Wes Anderson dismay, Basquiat despondently walks around the city to the tunes of songs telling his dejected mood (some of which are good, like Bowie&rsquo;s &ldquo;A Small Plot of Land&rdquo;). Toward the end of the movie, Basquiat walks around the city to three different songs, back to back. Finally as the songs find liberation, so does Basquiat. The movie ends with a pretentious story about a king who shares beauty with the world while trapped in a tower, just like Basquiat. After reading a short biography about Julian Schnabel it seems that Basquiat is as much of an autobiography as a biography. Schnabel, like Basquiat, had a quick rise to popularity seemingly from out of nowhere. (You can read this short biography at http://www.leninimports.com/julian_schnabel.html). Schnabel had a charismatic and eccentric personality (we could only wish that the character Basquiat have some charisma). But the most impressive thing about Schnabel is his paintings. And the most impressive thing about the movie are the paintings, all of which Schnabel created (&ldquo;since rights to Basquiat's work were not granted to the filmmakers by the artist's estate&rdquo; Allmovie.com). The paintings are what give the character Basquiat respect but this is ultimately a respect for Schnabel&rsquo;s work. So isn&rsquo;t this movie more of a celebration of Schnabel&rsquo;s genius than Basquiat&rsquo;s? Well, it&rsquo;s a poor celebration at that. So much for stroking your own ego. This is a movie by an insider of the New York art scene in the 1980&rsquo;s that doesn&rsquo;t seem to have an idea about that world. Maybe Schnabel did too many drugs to know what was going on in the world around him. Despite the fact that this is an insiders view, the movie tells us nothing of interest. It is a sub-standard biopic because in Basquiat not even the acting is good and the plot is certainly not entertaining. The only thing that saves this movie from zero stars is David Bowie as Andy Warhol. Bowie does a convincing job and is as always entertaining to watch. Julain Schnabel should stick to his paintings. Only in those does he find some sort of artistry. http://www.moca-la.org/museum/pc_media_viewer.php?acsnum=85.82&amp;dim=600px http://www.moca-la.org/museum/pc_media_viewer.php?acsnum=85.83&amp;dim=600px http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/2/13/25089.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 2/13/2008 12:01:27 PM
Body: The Playlist passes along word that David Bowie has recorded back-up vocals for Anywhere I Lay My Head, Scarlett Johansson’s Tom Waits covers album. The record’s producer, Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio, describes Anywhere as having a “‘cough medicine/TinkerBell’ vibe”??????which, funnily enough, seems as good a description as any of Bowie’s performance as Andy Warhol in Julian Schnabel’s Basquiat. In other indie-cred starlet-turned-pop star news, remember Zooey Deschanel’s album? Justin Wolfe, that smart-star who writes one of the blogs I mentioned in this post about The Hills, wrote an incredible post last week, in which he made the argument that, as “extension of their brand, from image to sound”?? the She and Him stuff as a Zooey Deschanel product is materially the same as Hills star Heidi Montag’s much-reviled first single. Check it out here. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina
]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:01:27 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog2/13/2008 12:01:27 PMThe Playlist passes along word that David Bowie has recorded back-up vocals for Anywhere I Lay My Head, Scarlett Johansson’s Tom Waits covers album. The record’s producer, Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio, describes Anywhere as having a “‘cough medicine/TinkerBell’ vibe”??????which, funnily enough, seems as good a description as any of Bowie’s performance as Andy Warhol in Julian Schnabel’s Basquiat. In other indie-cred starlet-turned-pop star news, remember Zooey Deschanel’s album? Justin Wolfe, that smart-star who writes one of the blogs I mentioned in this post about The Hills, wrote an incredible post last week, in which he made the argument that, as “extension of their brand, from image to sound”?? the She and Him stuff as a Zooey Deschanel product is materially the same as Hills star Heidi Montag’s much-reviled first single. Check it out here. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/2/13/25088.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 2/13/2008 12:01:08 PM
Body: The Playlist passes along word that David Bowie has recorded back-up vocals for Anywhere I Lay My Head, Scarlett Johansson’s Tom Waits covers album. The record’s producer, Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio, describes Anywhere as having a “‘cough medicine/TinkerBell’ vibe”??????which, funnily enough, seems as good a description as any of Bowie’s performance as Andy Warhol in Julian Schnabel’s Basquiat. In other indie-cred starlet-turned-pop star news, remember Zooey Deschanel’s album? Justin Wolfe, that smart-star who writes one of the blogs I mentioned in this post about The Hills, wrote an incredible post last week, in which he made the argument that, as “extension of their brand, from image to sound”?? the She and Him stuff as a Zooey Deschanel product is materially the same as Hills star Heidi Montag’s much-reviled first single. Check it out here. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:01:08 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com2/13/2008 12:01:08 PMThe Playlist passes along word that David Bowie has recorded back-up vocals for Anywhere I Lay My Head, Scarlett Johansson’s Tom Waits covers album. The record’s producer, Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio, describes Anywhere as having a “‘cough medicine/TinkerBell’ vibe”??????which, funnily enough, seems as good a description as any of Bowie’s performance as Andy Warhol in Julian Schnabel’s Basquiat. In other indie-cred starlet-turned-pop star news, remember Zooey Deschanel’s album? Justin Wolfe, that smart-star who writes one of the blogs I mentioned in this post about The Hills, wrote an incredible post last week, in which he made the argument that, as “extension of their brand, from image to sound”?? the She and Him stuff as a Zooey Deschanel product is materially the same as Hills star Heidi Montag’s much-reviled first single. Check it out here. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2007/12/21/23082.aspx Post By: paul
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Post Date: 12/21/2007 4:15:53 PM
Body: Julian Schnabel’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly won him the Director award at Cannes this year. After seeing it this morning, I can’t argue with the Cannes’ jury. I was simply blown away. How can somebody tell a gripping story of a man who–resulting from a stroke–can only communicate with one eyelid? All I can say is you will simply be amazed. I interviewed Julian Schnabel and asked why he continues to orbit around intensely creative but “doomed” men (his previous two films are Basquiat and Before Night Falls, biopics about Jean Michel Basquiat and Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas). Julian Schnabel interview Julian Schnabel in his regular attire (pajamas). The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Before Night Falls, Basquiat Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul
]]>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:15:53 GMTpaulpaul on spout.com12/21/2007 4:15:53 PMJulian Schnabel’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly won him the Director award at Cannes this year. After seeing it this morning, I can’t argue with the Cannes’ jury. I was simply blown away. How can somebody tell a gripping story of a man who–resulting from a stroke–can only communicate with one eyelid? All I can say is you will simply be amazed. I interviewed Julian Schnabel and asked why he continues to orbit around intensely creative but “doomed” men (his previous two films are Basquiat and Before Night Falls, biopics about Jean Michel Basquiat and Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas). Julian Schnabel interview Julian Schnabel in his regular attire (pajamas). The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Before Night Falls, Basquiat Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul http://www.spout.com/blogs/divot/archive/2007/7/26/16528.aspx Post By: divot
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Post Date: 7/26/2007 1:28:02 PM
Body: How good is this movie? Jeffrey Wright, Benecio Del Toro, Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, David Bowie, Claire Forlani.....art, 80's, New York, Tom Waits on the soundtrack.... This movie is so satisfying....go rent it....you won't be disappointed.
]]>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:28:02 GMTdivotdivot Blog7/26/2007 1:28:02 PM How good is this movie? Jeffrey Wright, Benecio Del Toro, Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, David Bowie, Claire Forlani.....art, 80&#39;s, New York, Tom Waits on the soundtrack.... This movie is so satisfying....go rent it....you won&#39;t be disappointed. http://www.spout.com/blogs/gothere/archive/2006/10/21/3347.aspx Post By: gothere
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Post Date: 10/21/2006 11:12:00 PM
Body: Caught part of Basquiat on TV tonight. I've been listening to the soundtrack for years, but I forgot how much I loved this film, how it reminded me of how much I love what art wants to be. Insanity, authenticity, hypocrisy, beauty. Just living.
]]>Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:12:00 GMTgothereYou should go there10/21/2006 11:12:00 PMCaught part of Basquiat on TV tonight. I've been listening to the soundtrack for years, but I forgot how much I loved this film, how it reminded me of how much I love what art wants to be. Insanity, authenticity, hypocrisy, beauty. Just living. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/music/MemberTagFilms.aspxmusic
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