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Saving Banksy
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Internationally known graffiti artist, Banksy, left his mark on San Francisco in April 2010. Little did he know that this act of vandalism would spark a chain of events that includes one of his rats being removed from a wall, Museums ignorantly turning down a free Banksy street work, and a NY gallerist who has made it his business model to remove Banksy street works from all over the globe doing whatever it takes to get the rat in his possession.
Internationally known graffiti artist, Banksy, left his mark on San Francisco in April 2010. Little did he know that this act of vandalism would spark a chain of events that includes one of his rats being removed from a wall, Museums ignorantly turning down a free Banksy street work, and a NY gallerist who has made it his business model to remove Banksy street works from all over the globe doing whatever it takes to get the rat in his possession.
Actors:
Anthony Lister,
Revok,
Kelly Risk Graval,
Hera,
Glen E. Friedman,
Blek Le Rat,
Doze Green,
Niels Shoe Meulman,
Ben Eine
Anthony Lister
Revok
Kelly Risk Graval
Hera
Glen E. Friedman
3 March 1962, USA
Blek Le Rat
Doze Green
Niels Shoe Meulman
Ben Eine
Genre:
Documentary, News
Country:
United States
Keywords:
#Anthony Lister #Ben Eine #Blek Le Rat #Colin Day #Colin M. Day #Doze Green #Glen E. Friedman #Hera #Kelly 'Risk' Graval #Niels 'Shoe' Meulman #Revok #Saving Banksy #Saving Banksy (2017)
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February 14, 2017
Lively and well executed.February 01, 2017
The interviews with street artists about the ethics of making art and taking art become the true subject... and a small, spirited conversation with graffiti artists and other passionate voices. The museum curators on view, not so much.January 19, 2017
[A] lively, involving documentary ...January 19, 2017
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Inadvertently demonstrates that nearly every response to Banksy's work is wrong.January 19, 2017
Fascinating ...January 16, 2017
Day's debut succeeds in part thanks to its modest scope, viewing the street-art phenomenon through an attempt to rescue one of its highly perishable creations for the public good ...January 18, 2017
Characters ranging from the benighted to the unsavory to the perfectly slimy populate the film, alongside the only figures who really have anything of substance to say: the artists themselves.February 03, 2017
As invigorating, illuminating, stylishly edited and captivating as Exit Through the Gift Shop.January 18, 2017
The film grapples with the complicated issue of unsanctioned Banksy auctions, but it does so in a way that tends to oversimplify the motives of everyone involved.February 16, 2017
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