Basquiat
In 1981, a nineteen-year-old unknown graffiti writer took the New York art world by storm. The rest is art history.
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.
Directed by Julian Schnabel · Written by Julian Schnabel, Lech Majewski, John F. Bowe
Starring Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio del Toro, Claire Forlani, David Bowie, Dennis Hopper