Basquiat

Basquiat is a 1996 biographical drama film directed, co-written and co-composed by Julian Schnabel in his feature directorial debut. The film is based on the life of American postmodernist/neo-expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. It is the first film about an American painter written and directed by another artist.

When Julian Schnabel chose to film a biography of his late friend and collaborator Jean-Michel Basquiat, he was mostly recognized as a very successful artist himself. Basquiat is an amazing, if somewhat simplistic, an homage to one of the art world's most mysterious and distinctive talents. Jeffrey Wright, well known for his performance in Westworld, plays the titular troubled genius, whose life is almost as unique and terrible as the remarkable work he made during his brief career, which was cruelly cut short when the artist overdosed at the age of 27.

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Produced by: Julian Schnabel

Release date: August 9, 1996

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115632