New Trailer for Julian Schnabel's Film 'Basquiat' B&W 4K Restoration

"How long you think it takes to get famous?" Janus Films has revealed an official trailer for a 4K re-release of Basquiat, the famed 1996 film about the iconic artist. It's newly restored in black & white, made from a 4K scan from the original camera negative. Supervised by director Julian Schnabel. The film (firrst released in full color) originally opened in 1996 and played at the Venice Film Festival, before hitting US theaters in the fall of '96. The brief life of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity. Starring Jeffrey Wright in his very first big screen role as the artist who tragically died at 28. Cemented by David Bowie as a spot-on Andy Warhol, Basquiat's supporting cast is a murderers' row of Hollywood legends & art lovers (Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Benecio del Toro, Parker Posey, Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe) all lending their talents to one of the "high points of 90s indie cinema," an intimate elegy for a once-in-a-generation artistic phenomenon. Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5/4 stars when it released, saying that Wright "gives a performance of almost mystical opacity." Worth a watch. // Continue Reading ›

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