Basquiat

Bohemian downtown meets downtown myth reels as a teenage graffiti prodigy wakes up famous overnight, trading subway tunnels for SoHo white walls while the art world’s spotlight fries his sense of self. Thirty months later he’s gone.

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Julian Schnabel directed Basquiat in 1996. See Julian Schnabel's full filmography, where to start with Julian Schnabel, or where to go after you've seen everything by Julian Schnabel.

Basquiat was released in 1996 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 107 minutes.