'Jean-Michel' Documentary Review: A Definitive Portrait of Basquiat Through His Family's Archive
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Owen Gleiberman
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Summary
A review of the documentary "Jean-Michel," which is described as the definitive Jean-Michel Basquiat documentary. Unlike previous films about the artist, this one is built around his family's archive and offers deeper penetration into the Basquiat mystique. The review compares it favorably to earlier Basquiat films like "Downtown 81," "Boom for Real," and Julian Schnabel's biopic "Basquiat" (1996).
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· 3 pulled"Jean-Michel" is the Jean-Michel Basquiat documentary we've been waiting for — the fantastic one he deserves.
It's the first Basquiat film built around his family's archive, and it's also the first to penetrate the Basquiat mystique.
Both those films are heady time capsules, and so, in a different way, is Julian Schnabel's "Basquiat" (1996), a biopic — starring the hypn
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