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Newly restored in a luminous, black-and-white, 4K restoration supervised by artist and director Julian Schnabel, this lyrical portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat features an iconic lead performance from Oscar-nominated actor Jeffrey Wright ("American Fiction") and a star-studded supporting cast that includes Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, and David Bowie as Andy Warhol.“No painter electrified the 1980s art scene like Jean-Michel Basquiat, a New York street kid whose visionary blending of expressionism, pop art, and the radical new aesthetics of hip-hop and graffiti propelled him to international fame before a tragic early demise. Julian Schnabel’s stunning debut charts Basquiat’s dizzying rise and fall with an insider’s eye for authentic details of the downtown arts demimonde as well as a fellow postmodernist’s interest in the dream-like and surreal. Jeffrey Wright’s brilliant introductory performance provides trenchant insight into the artist’s creative passions and personal demons. Cemented by David Bowie as a spot-on Andy Warhol, "Basquiat"’s supporting cast is a murderers’ row of Hollywood legends and art lovers (Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Benicio del Toro, Parker Posey, Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe) lending their talents to one of the high points of 90s independent cinema, an intimate elegy for a once-in-a-generation artistic phenomenon.” -Janus Films
Julian Schnabel | 1996/2024 | In English | 108 minutes | R (for drug use and strong language) | 4K DCP
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Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Dr,Oklahoma City,OK,United States
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