Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (Tamara Davis, 2010)

[cahiers_du_2006]

I couldn't decide whether I wanted to talk about the dreadful state of the documentary, the fact that I find Julian Schnabel's public persona off-putting, or bell hook's review of Basquiat that I read in a Z Magazine many years ago. I couldn't muster the energy for any of these points of departure. I mean yes documentaries are formally a lot less

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[twelveohtwo]

but C'MON, he moved alllll the way from brooklyn.

[cahiers_du_2006]

it was bell hooks saying that the new york city portrayed in schnable's biopic (not this film, and not the man himself) was like a disnefied new york. but it was like, one of my favorite movies at one time.