Basquiat

Basquiat

In 1981, a nineteen-year-old unknown graffiti writer took the New York art world by storm. The rest is art history.

Directed by Julian Schnabel

Produced by Eleventh Street Production, Jon Kilik Productions

1996107 min6.6 / 10

A vivid, energetic portrait of a brilliant young artist's meteoric rise and tragic descent into addiction and self-destruction in 1980s New York.

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

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