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      Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

      Released May 11, 2018 1h 18m Documentary List
      88% 52 Reviews Tomatometer 57% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Never-before-seen works, writings and photographs offer insight into the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat as a teenager in New York in the late 1970s. The times, the people and the movements of the city help Basquiat form his artistic vision. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Mar 01 Buy Now

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      Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat offers an insightful look into a key period of the artist's life, his peers and influences, and the early '80s art world.

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      p G Great documentary, you are being transported to NY and following the steps and creative path of Jean Michel. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/11/23 Full Review Elisa D Didn't learn much about Basquiat, but it's an interesting capture of the mid-70s in downtown Manhattan. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/02/19 Full Review Audience Member Totally captures the time. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review emily n was about the scene more than him. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Tara Brady Irish Times Down, delightfully dirty and almost impossible to reconcile with last year's record-breaking $110 million sale of Basquiat's untitled skull painting, Boom for Real is for real all right. Rated: 4/5 Jul 23, 2018 Full Review Wendy Ide Observer (UK) The central character in the film remains curiously enigmatic, like a drawing that hasn't been completely coloured in. Rated: 4/5 Jun 25, 2018 Full Review Kevin Maher Times (UK) This could be deliberate, making the point that Basquiat was essentially unknowable, but it makes for a film that's considerably less engaging than its subject. Rated: 2/5 Jun 22, 2018 Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) Not only explores this time in the artist’s life, but also puts the arts scene in New York City1 at the time into illuminating context. Feb 12, 2024 Full Review Jason Adams The Film Experience Even more than just feeling truthful about the man himself it paints a vital portrait of the time and place that he worked in and helped catapult to eternal coolness Jul 2, 2021 Full Review Steven Prokopy Third Coast Review The time and place is so miraculously captured that it feels like you're looking at life on another planet -- one where while punk-rock kids moved in the same circles as hip-hop performers, and the resulting art is a ragged and fully representational. Jun 17, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Never-before-seen works, writings and photographs offer insight into the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat as a teenager in New York in the late 1970s. The times, the people and the movements of the city help Basquiat form his artistic vision.
      Director
      Sara Driver
      Producer
      Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Jean Labadie, Paulo Branco
      Distributor
      Magnolia Pictures
      Production Co
      Magnolia Pictures, Bunny Lake Films, Le Pacte
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      May 11, 2018, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 21, 2018
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $164.5K
      Runtime
      1h 18m
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