Free Exit Through the Gift Shop
Genres: ComedyDocument
Starring: Rhys Ifans, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Thierry Guetta, Space Invader, Joshua Levine
Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
Director(s): Banksy
Country: USA, UK
Year: 2010
IMDB Rating: 8.1
Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many of the worlds most infamous graffiti artists at work, on walls and in interview. As Banksy describes it, Its basically the story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed...DVD Quality PC, Mac, PS3 and XBOX 360 COMPATIBLE
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cheryllynecox-1 (16 May 2012)
Gotta Getta a Guetta
Like the very nature of the underground street art movement "ExitThrough the Gift Shop" feels fresh and almost subversive. It doesn'tmatter to me if it is a conceptualized mockumentary, or a genuineattempt to record the outsider reality experienced by brilliant streetartists like Shepard Fairey, Invader, and the infamous Banksy. "ExitThrough The Gift Shop" is mischievous and immediate in the same waythat street art is.Mainly we watch the evolution of Thierry Guetta from anobsessive-compulsive videographer to a successful popular artist whosestreet credibility is quickly parlayed into the show of shows. Guettatakes contemporary icons and gives them Warholian emphasis, so we see areinvention of Madonna, who once reinvented herself in a Marilyn-likeway, and who we later learn commissions Mister Brainwash (Guetta) todesign her cover art. Guetta's point-of-view is absolutely authentic inthe way it synthesizes and skewers popular culture. Or is it Banksy'spoint-of-view? It doesn't matter. It's brilliant, provocative,charming, and completely entertaining.
(15 May 2012)
downloaded it, but wanted the hard copy
Contains most of the material that made me a street art fan, packaged for the masses. Decide for yourself about Mr. Brainwash. worth the great price, since it was impossible to track down in a theater.
(15 May 2012)
An amazing documentary!
This review is from: Exit Through the Gift Shop (DVD) This is a truly ground-breaking documentary. It takes you through all of the aspects of a street artist. What they do, how they do it and where they do it. This documentary showcases some of the worlds most famous street artists, including Banksy, Invader, Mr. Brainwash, Shepard Fairey, Borf, Andre and more. The DVD comes with a pair of special 2D viewing glasses, 2 sticker slaps, and 2 postcards. If you are a fan of anything street art related, then this movie is for you.
John DeSando (14 May 2012)
Don't exit until you've seen it.
"Warhol repeated iconic images until they became meaningless, but therewas still something iconic about them. Thierry really makes themmeaningless." BanskyA short film called "Folk Art Found Me" introduced me to the colorfulworld of kitschy but lovely local art work and enhanced what I hadsuspected to be valuable expressions of non-art-school sensibility. NowExit through the Gift Shop illuminates the sometimes absurd world ofstreet art with its infamous avatars like Bansky and Thierry. Gift Shopis as good an introduction as you will find to an Andy- Warhol world ofwacko "artists" who provoke the average bloke into art rhapsody whilesuspecting the artists are phonies and we willing accomplices in thecorruption of art.Thierry Guetta is a mutton-chopped vintage clothes retailer who videosevery moment of his day and decides to document graffiti artists atwork, the apex being the elusive Bansky. But Bansky takes over theunedited ramblings and fashions a superb documentary that not onlychronicles his own late night expeditions but also the rise of Thierryto a major artist on the strength of an LA Weekly article and aspectacular "art" show.No use trying to decide for sure if Warhol-like Campbell soup cans madeinto spray containers are art at all; it's the juiced populous thatdecides by buying millions of dollars in prints and collages fromnew-artist Thierry. No use even trying to decide if it's promotion orart because it's both with a heavy emphasis on promotion.Graffiti artists Shepherd Fairey and The Invader don't exactly praiseTheirry, nor does Bansky, who ultimately says, "I used to encourageeveryone I knew to make art; I don't do that so much anymore." Ifyou're not sure if it's art or pretense, then gently exit through thegift shop and enjoy the memory of art as an expression of . . . Oh, Idon't know either. I do know it's fun."There's no one like Thierry, even though his art looks like everyoneelse's." Bansky
Bill-276 (14 May 2012)
Take it at Face
Generally what makes a documentary "great" is when a director sets outto make a point and what they capture on film while making thedocumentary goes beyond their wildest expectation for furthering thatpoint. This is the case with "Exit Through the Gift Shop".Banksy's intention was to take the footage Thierry collected and make adocumentary that commented on the sudden hypocritical commercialism ofthe emerging street art scene. As Banksy and his hired staff wereputting the film together, what happens to Thierry's career as a streetartist not only validates that social commentary, it hilariously putsthe exclamation point on Banksy's intent!I would suggest to not get caught up in the "eloborate hoax"discussions on this film. They go nowhere and they're not necessary.The film stands on it's own either as a straight documentary OR as ahoax. Either way, it makes the same point. I would watch the film andtake it at face value. Mr. Brainwash, whomever that may be, is alegitimate success--whether he was originally a work of fiction or not.And therein lies Banksy's simple, hilarious and cutting point on whatis real art, and what makes a real artist.
the_rattlesnake25 (13 May 2012)
Everybody forges a million pounds, right?
An experience will ultimately become a diluted memory, unless theexperience itself is documented in image or film, in which case it willlast forever (or until it is deleted/destroyed...). 'Exit Through TheGift Shop' is a brilliant examination of the underground street artculture, and a poignant look at man's obsession with a culture he isincreasingly drawn into throughout his life.Thierry Guetta (pronounced Te-ree), is a French immigrant living LosAngeles with his loving wife and children and a good honest job, butthere is one object he will never leave the house without; his videocamera. Guetta has been enticed into the everyday cinema veritémovement of simply recording any, and everything that goes on in hislife. From playing with his children, to his ultimate attraction offollowing other street artists around and documenting their work,Guetta loves to watch, document and admire from behind the lens. Guettaeventually earns the trust and respect of various artists around theglobe including the elusive Banksy, his cousin Space Invader andShepard Fairey, and provides the audience with an up close and personalview of a culture (or industry) which has been projected into thelimelight over the past five years.Narrated by Rhys Ifans, 'Exit' has been acknowledged as not having aregistered director, instead it is a smoothly edited combination ofGuetta's extensive and various filmed sequences from over the years(the film shows his EXTENSIVE physical collection of tapes from morethan decade of film-making) and interviews with various leading figuresin the industry. For example Banksy is interviewed at length over hisinvolvement with Guetta and comes across as a very down-to-earth,humble and at times, incredibly funny person. While everybody,including Guetta, are extremely brazen and don't hold back whenspeaking about each other, their profession or how the street artculture has developed over time into a somewhat monopolisticenvironment (which can be viewed by the fact that the rich and famousturned out in droves for Banksy's first exhibition in the UnitedStates).This isn't a film about 'graffiti' though, as some may simply see it ason the surface, aside from the exploration of a fast growing communityit is also a deep, scary and heart-warming look at Thierry Guetta'slife over a decade onwards as he constantly leaves behind his familyand his job to follow various artists around the globe. Mentallyunstable, or one of the greatest French minds of the last twenty years,nobody is quite sure what Thierry Guetta (also known as Mr Brainwash)is, but what everybody does acknowledge is that he is a man with apassion and while he may not follow the same ideology as everybodyelse, his heart is still in the right place. 'Exit Through The GiftShop' is a fascinating documentary focusing on a rising culture thatmany people may not have much knowledge about, except for knowing thename of the elusive, and as I have mentioned, surprisingly hilariousBanksy.
(13 May 2012)
Decent
This movie was ok. I guess there is no way to know if it is real or a hoax. I wouldn't go around and recommend it and I wouldn't watch it again. It wasn't horrible but it is just one of those films where you won't "miss out" on anything if you never watch it.
TxMike (12 May 2012)
Street art, what is it and how can you make $$Millions?
This is a film that is hard to characterize, and one that every vieweris certain to get something different out of it. As I compose mythoughts to write these comments, I am struck by the virtual randomnessof life, at least the life of Thierry Guetta.He is a Frenchman who immigrated to the USA and with his wife and kidslives in the Los Angeles area. He has (or had??) an addiction, a videocamera. A small one, that uses small tape cassettes, and it seems hetakes it with him everywhere, filming everything. And as we find outwatching this film, most tapes were never viewed, just placed in boxes,sometimes without even the most basic information written on them toidentify the date or subject.Thierry is a man without a mission, just aimlessly filming with no endin mind.But then quite by chance gets exposed to street art, often called bythe rest of us 'graffitti', and becomes compelled to film that, thenseeking out the most famous street artists, like the Brit known as'Banksy.' Still, Thierry is aimless, while the artists think he isfilming what will become a documentary, he still is basically aimless.When he finally does put together a film, it is described as'unwatchable.' There is a highly edited 15-minute version on the DVDand yes, it is mostly unwatchable.But through all this the most amazing thing happens, Banksy suggeststhat Theirry might get into his own creation of street art, and hedoes, but he bypasses all the usual beginnings, he jumps straight to avery large, overblown art show in L.A. With no real plan, no budget, hemortgages everything and throws himself in, hiring other artists tomake his over-sized creations come to fruition, and against all oddshas a wildly successful show, expanded from a planned 5 days to 2months, and selling artwork of over $Million.So here this aimless videotaper, quite by accident gets turned towardsstreet art, and suddenly (in the truest sense of that word) becomes amodern art icon.A fascinating film, for the absurdity of it all, and being able tocatch a glimpse of this highly unlikely sequence of events over aboutan 8 year period.
(10 May 2012)
I'm captivated
This review is from: EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (Amazon Instant Video) Not only is this film visually appealing, but it pokes at your brain. You get immersed in the world of Street Art, while climbing into the brain of Thierry Guetta, a man who personifies the insane genius. It makes me want to cut out an over-sized stencil, buy a case of spray paint, and climb onto some buildings. It makes me want to quit my job and pursue my passions.
(10 May 2012)
A great satire(?)
Better than a vast majority of the garbage that Hollywood spews out, this one really gets you thinking as it plays out. At first it seems like an entertaining (albeit conventional) documentary. But by the end you realize that it is a mixture of satire documentary and a sort of reality TV. You won't be sorry.
Ted (09 May 2012)
Exit Through the Gift Shop
I'm hardly the first to suggest it, but Banksy's street art documentaryExit Through the Gift Shop would make for a great double bill withOrson Welles' F for Fake; both films challenge the commercialization ofart, both films achieve this by subverting our presupposed faith in thedocumentary form, and both films are amazing works regardless ofwhether they're "true" or not.As a pure documentation of street artists in action, this film is atestament to how engaging and entertaining documentary cinema can be:the camera-work, attributed to Thierry Guetta/Mr. Brainwash, is all themore immersive for its acknowledgment of the camera. But as Bankycrafts this narrative and takes ownership of the film in its editing,we are treated to a fascinating metacommentary on how authorship,authenticity, and hype affect art as a commercial product--and, ofcourse, whether art has any business being commercial to begin with.Like the hundreds of Las Angelas art enthusiasts pranked in the film,we may have trouble discerning what's authentic in this work: I suspectthat Mr. Brainwash is a constructed character, though the over-hypedreaction to his work is clearly genuine. Ultimately, it's a waste oftime to try and discern what's real and what is not; like the rest ofBanky's work, you're better off just taking it in. -TK 9/13/10
(09 May 2012)
Loved this introduction to street art
I have no artistic background and the only street art I have ever seen is that which we all see walking down the street. But, I loved this film "and" the art. Thierry was both endearing in his obsession with street art and annoying that he had instant commercial success with arguably little talent.
(05 May 2012)
Great Movie.
This review is from: Exit Through the Gift Shop (Amazon Instant Video) Real entertaining for a documentary. We got a look inside a world that not many people get.Makes you wonder if it's real or not. Highly recommended.
(04 May 2012)
AN INTRODUCTION TO STREET ART
"The widespread speculation that "Exit Through the Gift Shop" is a hoax only adds to its fascination." _Roger Ebert"Is the movie itself a put-on? Several critics have raised the possibility that "Exit Through the Gift Shop'' is just another Banksy con game, an art-world "Punk'd'' that lets him and his little pals laugh all the harder at us. I'm not buying it". _Ty Burr, The Boston Globe"IS THE MOVIE A PRANK? Yes and no. We think it starts out as a legitimate documentary, with Guetta intending to create a film about street artists. But it eventually becomes clear that he is a very bad filmmaker, and that is where the story begins to diverge from reality.IS GUETTA FOR REAL, THEN? Yes and no. The beginning of the film is likely accurate, until he meets Fairey, who determines that Guetta means well, but will never be able to produce a finished documentary. Fairey enlists Banksy to help turn it into an actual documentary. The second half of the film, starting from when Guetta meets Banksy, is loosely scripted with the help of Fairey and Banksy. In other words: a prank". _John Hargrave, ZUG"The thing is, both Banksy and Mr. Guetta are pretty unreliable narrators. The immediate scuttlebutt was that Mr. Guetta either didn't exist at all, that he was in cahoots with Banksy or that he was Banksy himself. Even aficionados of the scene were unsure what to think". _MELENA RYZIK, NYTIMES
(01 May 2012)
bootleg.
This review is from: Exit Through the Gift Shop (DVD) The movie was good however if I would've known it was going to be a burned copy I would've bought it somewhere else.
Roland E. Zwick (01 May 2012)
blurring the line between subject and artist, truth and fiction
"Exit Through the Gift Shop" is a documentary about a documentarian, afilm about filming. At times, it's hard even to tell who's the subjectof the film and who's the creator. At some point in the movie, thestreet artist and the filmmaker switch roles, with the street artistbecoming the filmmaker and the filmmaker becoming the street artist.It's all very mind-blowing and Pirandellian, to say the least, but itsure makes for one hell of a clever and fascinating film. A bit tooclever, perhaps, for there are those who've accused the film of being ahoax, of being just an elaborate work of "street art" in its own right.Thierry Guetta is a French émigré living in Los Angeles who hasapparently recorded virtually every single moment of his adult life onvideotape and film. A few years into this obsession, Thierry beganfilming a number of underground "street artists" from various cities,as, under the cloak of darkness, they secretly created their works.These included such well-known figures as Shepherd Fairey (he of theubiquitous Obama poster) and Bansky, a British artist who had alreadyestablished quite a reputation for himself in London. But not only didThierry film them doing their art, he frequently joined them in theprocess, often at great risk to his own freedom and safety.It is with Bansky that the movie begins to get truly mind-bending andcomplicated, for it is he who directed "Exit Through the Gift Shop,"not Thierry, yet he uses Thierry's footage. So who is the actual makerof the film? Who can say? And what does that say about the fluidity ofthe creative process? About blurring the line between art and itssubject? (To hide his identity, Bansky appears only in silhouette as hefilms himself giving interviews for the audience). Then about halfwaythrough the movie, we discover that Thierry has become a street artist(going by the appellation Mr. Brainwash) himself, sponsoring elaborategallery shows displaying his own work.And as Thierry begins to achieve fame, fortune and internationalacclaim as the "new Wharhol," we can't help noting the irony that anart form that originally sprang up as a subversive reaction against theEstablishment has now gone full-board mainstream itself, earningmillions for its pieces and high-profile celebrity for its artists. Nomore furtive forays into the dead-of-night for this dude at least.If you're confused by all this, don't worry. Even after seeing thefilm, I still cannot say I understand everything that takes placewithin it. But that's just what makes "Exit Through the Gift Shop" sucha unique and trippy experience. And besides, it offers a rare glimpseinto a scene few of us have any real familiarity with, so whether thething is real or fake doesn't really matter all that much in the end.The "experience" is what counts with "Exit Through the Gift Shop," andthat, I guarantee you, will be unforgettable.
Olaf Keller (01 May 2012)
Thierry Guetta is Banksy
Am I the only person on entire Internet who sees that actor playedThierry Guetta is actually Banksy, and that this prankumentary is evenmore prank that we can imagine?I wouldn't be surprised if it's a "real" true, and if you know Banksy'sstreet art it is very possible that is a bottom line of this film. Ifso, this film is a piece of art itself and we can easily compare itwith Duchamp's Fountain. If not, if it's just wrong speculation, thefilm is almost perfect, but not Perfect. I hope Banksy has just pulledthe wool over our eyes.Apart of this, I would like to see all documentary tapes used in thisfilm.
brocksilvey (30 April 2012)
One Man's Art Is Another Man's Pile of $@@!*&
A fiercely entertaining movie about one man's crusade to make a filmrecord of the underground street art world that becomes more about theman himself than it does about the art.Banksy, the legendary street artist and director of the documentary,tells the story of Thierry, an amateur filmmaker who makes friends withthe street art community and records them at work. They like him,mostly because he's documenting for the world what they do. Theultimate catch is getting a chance to meet and record Banksy himself,which Thierry does. This seems to be what the movie is about and takesus to about the mid-way point. But then the focus shifts -- Thierrydecides he wants to be an overnight street art sensation himself andstages a huge and hugely successful exhibit of his work. Never mindthat most of the work was actually done by a team of hired graphicartists and carpenters and that Thierry spends more time aggressivelypromoting himself than he does creating any art.At the heart of "Exit Through the Gift Shop" are some compellingquestions about the legitimacy of art. The public buys into the hypeand embraces Thierry as the Next Big Thing -- are they dupes or trendsetters? When does art become art? When it's put on a wall or when thepublic endorses it? You can feel the bitterness and most probablyjealousy of Banksy and the other street artists in the film practicallyseeping off the screen. After all, here's some anonymous guy thatthrows a lot of money behind a stunt that gets him instantly to a placethat took them years to get to (if they get there at all).It's hard to know how to feel about Thierry. You want to dislike himfor many of the same reasons that the street artists clearly feel someanimosity toward him, but at the same time it's hard to resist hisinfectious enthusiasm, and it's not his fault that the general publicis basically pretty stupid. If he can recognize that and capitalize offof it, why shouldn't he? It's a right that belongs to all of us.Grade: A-
lopaville-1 (28 April 2012)
Exciting, Brilliant, Absolutely Charming, and Ghoulish Beyond Appreciable Measure
I admit that me and my two-month long-time lesbian companion and oursix preteen children watched this mesmerizing DVD in bits and pieces,frequently pausing, rewinding, fast-forwarding and such so that thefilm felt more coherent. As a first rate scholar and teacher of filmwho hobnobs regularly with the Hollywood "in-crowd," watching thismovie was not the first time I was able to sneak in to a fabulousafter-party.I'll be honest and up front - I found the film wanting. Missing mostwas a sense of in-your-face nudity and graphic sexual acts which trulybelong front and center, up close and personal, in the public eye.Enormous pictorial or sculptural representations of Boobs and Cocks,such as a true impresario like Koons would have done. I even called toask Jeff who was too busy for comment.The film is also thoroughly, very - and very annoyingly - American.There are no people of color in the whole movie, unless you count apassing glimpse of Muhammad Ali in the far distance, portrayeddelivering a sorely watered-down punch. I even asked his beautifuldaughter for a romantic evening out. She agreed. And yes, no matterwhat you may have heard from the 1970's, black is beautiful.Boredom is Banksy's middle name. Not only does he whitewash post-modernsuburbia with his pseudo-Bohemian stencils and a bourgeois point ofview, he does so with a flaming and flamboyant flair that only RuPaulor perhaps Truman Capote could aspire to. Banksy comes across as a manin drag who is ninety-percent transitioned. Watch out, female artists!Speaking of which, this film doesn't feature any (unless you countBanksy). Is the message perchance that we women are subordinate? Needwe wear a hoodie and climb walls and spread our ejaculate all overeverything to prove we exist? Those, my friends, are the elephants inthe room. Otherwise, the flick is immensely pleasurable.
blackeyedangel77 (28 April 2012)
Life is beautiful...and very, very strange
A documentary about the 'street art' scene, credited to none other thanBanksy himself, 'Exit Through The Gift Shop' serves as a sort of luridmanifesto for the underground street art movement. What begins as adocumentary about street art culture takes a surrealistic turn as theman behind the camera, French-born American Thierry Guetta, becomes thestar of the film.Obsessed with filming everything, Guetta latches onto the clandestinestreet art scene though Invader, who has gained notoriety for placingvideo game inspired tiled mosaics in cities worldwide. Guetta alsodocuments the illegal activities of Shepard Fairey, an L.A. artist whoappropriates an image of wrestler Andre The Giant as his signaturemotif. Through both Guetta is able to gain access to the elusiveBanksy, a provocateur whose work has appeared in the West Bank andSotheby's. Guetta films hundreds of hours of footage in the aim ofproducing a film but the final product is deemed to be an unwatchablemess. Banksy must have realised that the larger than life Frenchman,whose penchant for self-delusion and self-promotion, would make a moreengrossing subject than himself. Banksy takes over the project andinspires the dauntless Guetta to create his own art. He unleashes analter ego named 'Mr. Brainwash', who is a raging sensation even thoughthe art itself is gaudy and awful. The film gently mocks the cult ofcelebrity, that an artist can become bigger than the art, a phenomenoneven Banksy himself is only too aware. 'Exit Through The Gift Shop' inits own subversive and self-aware way becomes a work of art in itself. Although appearing to have been put together haphazardly, it has thefeel of something pondered over and executed with slick efficiency. Thecamera always seems to be in the right place to capture the mostbizarre moments, such as when Guetta suffers a broken foot and has tobe carried in a wheelbarrow. Guetta himself isn't just a compulsivevideographer; he owns a vintage clothing store that sellsout-of-fashion garb as 'boho chic' to a clientele of celebrities andfashionistas. The parallel seems too convenient to be a coincidence.Even the dry, whimsical narration delivered by Welsh actor Rhys Ifanfeels a bit too on the nose. Is any of it real? In the end it doesn'treally matter. While not the revealing document it promises to be, itfeatures fascinating glimpses into the street art culture. Banksyhimself appears in the film as a talking head, incognito, of course. Itis a weirdly compelling story perhaps concocted with the intention ofbeing a facetious commentary on the commoditisation of Warholian popart. Or it could be an elaborate put-on where the audience is the buttof the joke. If there's a truth to be found here, it surely liessomewhere in between.
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