Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Exit Through the Gift Shop [Blu-ray]
5 stars
One of the more stunning films I have ever seen. The world famous England-bred street artist Banksy subverts a film project into something he decides is more suitable. He turns the camera on the man with the camera. The result is "Exit Through the Gift Shop". Instead of learning more about Banksy (the initial aim of the project), we see the world through the lens of Thierry Guetta, a man obsessed with filming his life and the work of his friends in the street art underworld. All kinds of wacky hijinks ensue, and this finished work may be an elaborate put-on. But that doesn't make it any less fascinating.

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