The film takes us into the work of a former sexually exploited yo. Jean michel basquiat documentary the radiant child youtube. I doubt that jean michel basquiat would have endorsed the subtitle. Nearly 30 years after his death, this documentary film of jeanmichel basquiat details how the selftaught brooklynborn artist rose to be one of the greats on the. The film opens with 1986 footage of basquiat being interviewed in a hotel room by friends becky johnston and director tamra davis. Featuring extensive interviews conducted by basquiat s friend, filmmaker tamra davis, the production reveals how he dealt with being a black artist in a. The radiant child immediately exhibit this documentarys sense of clever, deliberate layering of visual and audio components.
The radiant child is a 2010 documentary film about jean michel basquiat. The radiant child is largely the result of old video tapes sitting in a drawer for over 20 years, says director tamra davis. This is not to say that the radiant child isnt a valuable film. Centered on a rare interview that director and friend tamra davis shot with jeanmichel basquiat more than 20 years ago, this film chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the young artist. The film also explores basquiat s rise in the art world, which led to a close. Tamra daviss portrait of elusive artist at film forum. A few minutes later, the documentary jeanmichel basquiat. Much can be gleaned from insider interviews and archival footage, but it is basquiat s own words and work that powerfully convey the mystique and allure of both the artist and the man. Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the tamra davisdirected movie via. His dense, bebopinfluenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad. Director tamra davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into basquiat as an iconoclast. The radiant child, is a tender ode from one friend to another, but its also another wheel in the hype machine that persists around the. The radiant child, as a way of keeping alive the memory of her friend, the wildly talented painter who died much too young at the tender age of 27, but not before she and their mutual friend becky johnson filmed an interview with him and other additional footage of him painting in 1984.
The radiant child might make you weep it did me and might help you better appreciate a painter whose work matters enormously in the history of. In his short career, jean michel basquiat was a phenomenon. With jean michel basquiat, julian schnabel, larry gagosian, bruno bischofberger. If the radiant child embellishes the legend in a hundred small ways. The radiant child is a respectfully vivid, accurate, and entertaining homage to a painter who led a radical life and left an ambitious body of work behind after his premature death. In his short career, jeanmichel basquiat was a phenomenon. The radiant child is a remarkably rich documentary possessing depth, range, insight and compassion. The movie had considerable hype coming out of the 2010 sundance film festival, but that buzz escalated to a. A thoughtful portrait of a renowned artist, this documentary shines the spotlight on new york city painter jean michel basquiat. It places basquiat s art in a cultural context with an enthusiasm and zest that make the many pictures shown come. Subscribe i do not own the rights to this movie jus wanted to uploadenjoy.
Jean michel basquiat the radiant child 2011 one of the. The radiant child screened at the 2010 sundance and tribeca film festivals and features graphic animations by artist shepard fairey and music by beastie boys adam horovitz and mike diamond, and interviews with julian schnabel, larry gagosian, fab 5 freddy, and maripol. Featuring extensive interviews conducted by basquiat s friend, filmmaker tamra davis, the production reveals how he dealt with being a black artist in a predominantly white field. The radiant child en streaming vf et fullstream vk, jean michel basquiat. Jeanmichel basquiat stormed the art world after seemingly appearing out of nowhere in the late 1970s. He became notorious for his graffiti art under the moniker samo in the late 1970s on the lower east. Directed by tamra davis, the documentary features neverbefore. In reality, the art world had failed to recognize what a creative place nowhere had become. It is based on footage which director tamra davis took when. What was excellent about this movie is that it included basquiat himself and those who. Appreciated by both the art cognoscenti and the public, basquiat was launched into international stardom. The radiant child is a 2010 documentary film about jeanmichel basquiat. This is my entry for j in the blogging a to z challenge. See any number of docs with fauxweighty facts delivered via powerpointstyle wipes its more of.
Jean michel basquiat a couple of weeks ago i had the extreme pleasure of watching tamra davis documentary, jean michel basquiat. This footage, particularly an unguarded 1985 interview with the 25yearold phenom, is at the core of daviss deeply felt profile, jeanmichel basquiat. It would be absurd to say that any one book or film could present the true basquiat, but in attempting to rescue basquiat from other peoples labels, the film also applies its own radiant genius child label to him. He became notorious for his graffiti art under the moniker samo in the late 1970s on the lower. The radiant child vk streaming, jean michel basquiat. Jean michel basquiat died at 27 of a drug overdose at or, he feared, just past the pinnacle of a painting career that today symbolizes the headlong spirit. Tamra daviss riveting and profoundly moving film available on dvd and digital on november 9 a profoundly moving testament to an artist and to the gritty new york of the early. The radiant child and a few days later, out of curiosity, julian schnabels feature film, basquiat. When watching the biopic basquiat directed by julian schnabel, i found that the savant like way jean was portrayed was hard to identify with, whereas it was the use of actual interviews and footage in the radiant child that powerfully resonated with me. The radiant child and close friend of the artist, interviewed basquiat in 1985, at the height of his career in new york. Part of the downtown 500, a term coined to describe the notion that new york culture had been taken. The radiant child offers a little more of this same interview. The radiant child has a wellrounded appeal for art house crowds and, once on dvd, will be a fine complement to the 1996 julian schnabel biopic. Director tamra davis pays homage to her friend, the iconoclastic artist jeanmichel basquiat, in this examination of a brilliant life cut short.
I had heard of the films before but somehow, because i didnt know much about. Jean michel basquiat stormed the art world after seemingly appearing out of nowhere in the late 1970s. Tamra daviss lively new documentary, jean michel basquiat. He became notorious for his graffiti art under the moniker samo on the lower. The movie was a very objective documentary of basquiats life and work.
The first feature length documentary biography of artist jean michel basquiat, who is often considered one of the greatest american painters in the last half of the 20th century and one of the greatest african american artists. The radiant child, does the right thing by helping us to answer these questions for ourselves. The radiant child made me appreciate the art more than the artist. The radiant child is a 2010, feature length documentary film about jean michel basquiat, based on the footage of a rare interview, which director, and basquiat s friend, tamra davis took when they met in 1985, and interviews with people close to the artist, including julian schnabel, bruno bischofbrger and thurston moore, among many others. Director tamra davis pays homage to her friend, the iconoclastic artist jeanmichel basquiat in this examination of a brilliant life cut short. The radiant child, now playing in new york city theaters via arthouse films, draws in part from a 20minute interview davis conducted with the. Director tamra davis pays homage to her friend, the iconoclastic artist jean michel basquiat, in this examination of a brilliant life cut short.
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