Basquiat

Basquiat, USA           1996 kolor 108 min.   
dir:  Julian Schnabel
pro: Peter Brant, Joseph Allen, Jon Kilik, Lech Majewski, Sigurjon Sighvatsson, Randy Ostrow
sc: Julian Schnabel 
ph:  Ron Fortunato
mus:  John Cale, Julian Schnabel
ed: Michael Berenbaum
cast: Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Willem Dafoe, Claire Forlani, Courtney Love, Tatum O’Neal, Parker Posey, Christopher Walken, Benicio del Toro, Paul Bartel

 

Called the Jimi Hendrix of the Art World and the black Van Gogh, Jean-Michel Basquiat electrified his contemporaries and meteorically shot through the New York stage, dying with the eighties of a drug overdose, similar to Hendrix, Joplin and Morrison at the tender age of twenty seven.

 

Based on real life, Lech Majewski’s story reconstructs the fate of one of the most rebelious artists of our times, and serves as a base for Julian Schnabel’s feature.

 

It showcases David Bowie in the role of Andy Warhol, Willem Dafoe, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Courtney Love, Tatum O’Neil.


Selected films descriptions thanks to www.lechmajewski.art.pl