Monday, January 25, 2010

"British street artist Banksy has been creating attention-getting stenciled graffiti for years. Over the past decade, as his artistic profile has risen, Banksy's identity has remained almost totally secret. And yet, here he is with a film in the Sundance Film Festival. Exit Through the Gift Shop is...well, we're not yet sure exactly what it is. Billed as a 'pseudo-documentary' and described by Banksy as 'The story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed,' the film might show Banksy at work and reveal something about the artist. Then again, it might not.

Rhys Ifans narrates the film, which was directed (according to a statement from the filmmakers) by Terry Guetta, who 'set out to record this secretive world in thrilling detail. For more than eight years he traveled with a backpack through Europe and America. After he met a British street artist known only as Banksy, things took a bizarre turn.'"

-slashfilm.com

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