Last night I went to see the film documentary about the GREAT artist knowed as banksy.
Just for those (very few) that never hear about Banksy:
“Banksy is a pseudonymous[2][3][4] British graffiti artist. He is believed to be a native of Yate, South Gloucestershire, near Bristol[2] and to have been born in 1974,[5]but his identity is unknown”
From wikipedia read more -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy
Below some of his famous painting:
![Naked Man image by Banksy, on the wall of a fat health clinic[13] in Park Street, Bristol.](http://www.leosquarez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Banksy-ps.jpg "Naked Man image by Banksy in Park Street, Bristol.")
Naked Man image by Banksy in Park Street, Bristol.
banksy donut
The movie is a really interesting, artistic (street artistic to be more specific) and funny.
First of all, this movie is not showing the real face and the voice because he is always filmed with the face obscured or blurred and the voice is doubled, he still keeping his anonymity.
The documentary that suppose to talk about the life of Banksy, started with the artist saying that when he met the guy that wanted to do the documentary of his life he thought that the life of that guy was way much interesting than his own story so they decide change and make a move that talks about the life of the guy that wanted to make the documentary..
Simply genius!
I don’t want tell all about the movie especially if you haven’t seen the movie yet and if you have you don’t need it again..
Anyway the guys ends up to meet Banksy that let his films his work.
After a while they became quite close and in the end Banksy suggested to the french guy (the guy who wanted to create the documentary) to start to create some street art.
The guy so started to create some street art. He was doing some good stuff.
He choose to be called as: “Mr Brainwash” arguing that the artists always brainwash people.
In the end “Mr Brainwash” organized a show with his work and sold pretty much everything and he became super rich..
When the movie finished I realized that I never hear about this Mr Brainwash, so I’ve done some research.
On the net I founded some of his works, like the Michael Jackson with the Marilyn Monroe hair:
Michael Jackson with the Marilyn Monroe hair
My point in the end is Mr Brainwash and Banksy are the same person, but not in the meaning that the french guy is Banksy in the meaning that Banksy is behind that character.
I believe he wanted to explain that art is not a matter of money, which people alway think like that.
An expensive paint in not always a good paint!
Link:
- Banksy official website: www.banksy.co.uk
- Exit throught the gift shop: www.banksyfilm.com
- Mr Bainwash official website: www.mrbrainwash.com
- Song on intro: Richard Hawley – Tonight The Streets Are Ours www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBkrs4YpzI
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