Basquiat with Jeffrey Wright: DVD Cover

    Basquiat
    a.k.a. Build a Fort, Set It on Fire Director: Julian Schnabel Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani

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    • DVD Release Date: 09/03/2002
    • Original Release: 1996
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 15,823

    Viewer Rating: (2 ratings)

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    Features

    Closed Caption; French language track; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; Widescreen presentation (1.85:1); Theatrical trailer

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Opening Credits: "Van Gogh Boat" [4:14]
    2. Impressions of Gina [5:38]
    3. "City's Killin' Me" [3:44]
    4. An Illuminating Evening [3:09]
    5. Someplace Else [4:25]
    6. Fame, Integrity and Beating the Machine [4:36]
    7. Painting Over Paintings [5:39]
    8. Perceiving Genius [6:14]
    9. A Studio for Jean [8:42]
    10. Big Pink and Artistic Tires [4:12]
    11. "Jean Wake Up!" [3:25]
    12. A Night of Notoriety [5:31]
    13. "We're Friends!" [1:05]
    14. A Primal Expressionist [3:23]
    15. Philosophy and Caviar With Warhol [5:42]
    16. Searching for Words [5:17]
    17. Riding the Wave of Fame [4:30]
    18. "Do You Ever Get Sick of It?" [4:59]
    19. Losing a Friend [7:22]
    20. "Open Up!" [3:54]
    21. The Magic Crown [2:50]
    22. End Credits [3:14]

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    Editorial Reviews

    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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    December 27, 2006: Filled with the romances, triumphs, failures and everything in between of the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat who had a great talent but whose self-destructiveness ultimately won out, working along the parasitic New York art scene.

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    February 12, 2004: This movie was quite good. Of course the reason I saw it was for Courtney Love, however this movie was well done, and impressed me. Courtney Love beautiful as always.