
Internationally known graffiti artist, Banksy, left his mark on San Francisco in April 2010. Little did he know that this act of vandalism would spark a chain of events that includes one of his rats being removed from a wall, Museums ignorantly turning down a free Banksy street work, and a NY gallerist who has made it his business model to remove Banksy street works from all over the globe doing whatever it takes to get the rat in his possession.... (Full plot summary below)
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Internationally known graffiti artist, Banksy, left his mark on San Francisco in April 2010. Little did he know that this act of vandalism would spark a chain of events that includes one of his rats being removed from a wall, Museums ignorantly turning down a free Banksy street work, and a NY gallerist who has made it his business model to remove Banksy street works from all over the globe doing whatever it takes to get the rat in his possession.
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| San Francisco ChronicleCharles DesmaraisCharacters ranging from the benighted to the unsavory to the perfectly slimy populate the film, alongside the only figures who really have anything of substance to say: the artists themselves. |
| The Film StageJared MobarakI feel like Day could have made three documentaries out of his footage: one about Greif’s journey, one about street artists, and one about the art world’s old and new guard. |
| NewcityRay PrideThe interviews with street artists about the ethics of making art and taking art become the true subject... and a small, spirited conversation with graffiti artists and other passionate voices. The museum curators on view, not so much. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThe road to hell, the saying goes, is paved with the best of intentions, and that is very much the case with the complex art world conundrum explored in the lively, involving documentary Saving Banksy. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeDay's debut succeeds in part thanks to its modest scope, viewing the street-art phenomenon through an attempt to rescue one of its highly perishable creations for the public good. |
| Village VoiceChris PackhamSaving Banksy, in documenting the struggle of art consultant Brian Greif to preserve a single Banksy painting — one of the artist's trademark Che Guevara rats — inadvertently demonstrates that nearly every response to Banksy's work is wrong. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferAs invigorating, illuminating, stylishly edited and captivating as Exit Through the Gift Shop. |
| San Diego ReaderScott MarksNot a patch on its conceptually oriented precursor Exit Through the Gift Shop, so long as the subject of filmmaking is avoided, this should spark lively debate on the drive home. |
| User ReviewJulie FExcellent exploration of the commoditization of art. |
| User ReviewPhillip RI had the pleasure of watching Saving Banksy at last year's Nashville Film Festival and am very excited for its general release. The film is comprised of amazing interviews with some of the medium's luminaries, all of whom shine a thoughtful and frequently entertaining light on the issue of commercialization of art intended to be public. I have no doubt the film will have an Exit Through the Gift Shop like affect on the public and their relationship to graffiti and street art. |