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Dominican Rep. Exit Through the Gift Shop
- Original title
- Exit Through the Gift Shop
- Year
- 2010
- Running time
- 87 min.
- Country
United Kingdom- Director
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- Music
- Producer
- Co-production United Kingdom-United States;
Paranoid Pictures. Producer: James Gay-Rees- Genre
- Documentary | Satire. Painting. Mockumentary
- Synopsis
- The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. Billed as 'the world's first street art disaster movie' the film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work.
No director or screenwriters are listed in "Gift Shop's" credits, just the words "A Banksy Film." Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post—hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner – with spectacular results. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work, on walls and in interview. As Banksy describes it, "It's basically the story of how one man set out to film the un—filmable. And failed." (Paranoid Pictures)- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2010: Oscar: Nominated for Best Documentary Feature2010: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection2010: Independent Spirit Awards: Documentary2010: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Documentary2010: Nominated for BAFTA Awards: Outstanding Debut by a British Author2010: Nominated for Critics' Choice Awards: Best Documentary Feature
- Critics' reviews
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"One of the best, most karmically satisfying comedies of the year, much to the chagrin of the people who are in it."
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"Along the way, the movie documents a movement while deftly skewering a cynical media and ever-gullible public (...) Banksy's definitely found a new medium in which to create his own works of art."
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"A raucously entertaining postmodern survey of guerrilla street art that appears to be one thing, only to fold back on itself and examine would-be filmmaker Thierry Guetta instead."
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