Whether you've seen it on the streets of your city or on someone's hat as they walk down the street, a familiar slogan is found all over the place: "Obey." The simple command with the layered connotation is the handiwork of artist Shepard Fairey. Influenced by the film They Live and using the visage of Andre…
Read More
I'm crediting -- or blaming -- The Hunger Games for this one. Gary Ross' film adaptation of the Suzanne Collins best-seller has undeniable reflections of George Orwell's nightmarish vision of totalitarian information control and thought suppression, and now, just hours before that film is released to the public, we have news of a new film…
Read More
Exit Through the Gift Shop, the street-art documentary credited to Banksy, was one of the best films of 2010, and also one of the most challenged on the basis of authenticity. The film purports to chronicle the street art of Banksy and Shepard Fairey through the lens of a camera held by wealthy dilettante artist…
Read More
If you know anything about artist Shepard Fairey or John Carpenter's film They Live, you'd be hard pressed to come up with a better marriage of artist and material. For the first time ever, the Alamo Drafthouse and their art boutique Mondo were able to get Fairey to create a poster and, of course, they…
Read More
The most entertaining film released to date in 2010 isn't a tentpole, a potential blockbuster, a 3D epic or a high-concept fantasy. It is Exit Through the Gift Shop, a documentary that may be at least partially fiction. I hope it is partially fiction, but which part doesn’t really matter. Purportedly orchestrated by Banksy, the…
Read More