Basquiat

Infobox Film
name = Basquiat


caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Julian Schnabel
producer = Peter Brant
Joseph Allen
writer = Lech J. Majewski
Julian Schnabel
starring = Jeffrey Wright
David Bowie
music = John Cale
Julian Schnabel
cinematography = Ron Fortunato
editing = Michael Berenbaum
distributor = Miramax Films
released = August 9, 1996
runtime = 108 min.
country = flagicon|USA
language = English
Spanish
budget = $3.3 million
gross = $2,961,991
amg_id = 1:136502
imdb_id = 0115632

"Basquiat" is a 1996 film directed by Julian Schnabel which is based on the life of American postmodernist/neo expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.Basquiat, born in Brooklyn, used his graffiti roots as a foundation to create collage-style paintings on canvas.

Movie

Jeffrey Wright portrays Basquiat, and David Bowie plays Basquiat's friend and mentor Andy Warhol. Additional cast include Gary Oldman as a thinly disguised Schnabel, Michael Wincott as the poet and art critic Rene Ricard;
Dennis Hopper as Bruno Bischofberger; Claire Forlani, Courtney Love and Benicio del Toro in supporting roles as "composite characters".

The film was written by Schnabel while Lech J. Majewski and John F. Bowe each receives a story credit and Michael Thomas Holman receives a story development credit.

chnabel's art in film

As director, Schnabel is often found painting himself into the film by adding the fictional stand-in character, Albert Milo (Gary Oldman), based on Schnabel. Schnabel also leaves a bit more of himself in the film by adding cameo appearances by his own mother, father, and daughter (as Milo's family.) Schnabel himself is an extra as a waiter.

Basquiat died of a heroin overdose in 1988. Basquiat's estate would not grant permission for his work to be used in the film. Schnabel himself did the accurate reproductions of Basquiat's work .

Cast

*Jeffrey Wright as Jean-Michel Basquiat
*David Bowie as Andy Warhol
*Gary Oldman as Albert Milo
*Michael Wincott as Rene Ricard
*Benicio del Toro as Benny Dalmau
**(del Toro's character, Benny, is partially based on Jaco Pastorius who was living on and off at the West 4th St. basketball courts in NYC at the time; as well as friend/former bandmate Vincent Gallo).
*Claire Forlani as Gina Cardinale
*Dennis Hopper as Bruno Bischofberger
*Tatum O'Neal as Cynthia Kruger
*Courtney Love as Big Pink
*Christopher Walken as The Interviewer
*Willem Dafoe as the Electrician
*Parker Posey as Mary Boone
*Rene Rivera as Juan
*Sam Rockwell as Thug
*Vincent Gallo as Himself / Party Guest

ee also

*Downtown 81

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