Basquiat

Blu-ray - 2025

Julian Schnabel's tribute to his friend and fellow painter Jean-Michel Basquiat is less a conventional biopic than an impressionistic, sensory immersion into the much-mythologized downtown-Manhattan art world of the 1980s. Jeffrey Wright, in his first lead film role, stars as the visionary artist whose rise from graffiti tagger to art star forces him to confront the glare of sudden fame, along with racism, his own struggles with addiction, and the difficulties of being self-determining and free in America.

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1st Floor BLU-RAY/Basquiat Due May 18, 2025
Subjects
Genres
Biographical films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Films biographiques
Fiction films
Published
Irvington, NY : The Criterion Collection [2025]
Language
English
Corporate Author
Eleventh Street Productions
Corporate Author
Eleventh Street Productions (production company)
Other Authors
Julian Schnabel, 1951- (film director), David Bowie (actor), Dennis Hopper, 1936-2010, Gary Oldman, Jeffrey (Jeffrey Charles) Wright, 1965-, Benicio del Toro, 1967-
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition
Item Description
Based on the story by Lech J. Majewski.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1996.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Physical Description
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
Blu-ray, widescreen (1.85:1); 5.1 surround DTS-HD master audio; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Ron Fortunato ; editor, Michael Berenbaum.
ISBN
9798886072709
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