#8 170pts
9/2
Yeah, I was faced with that terrible thing, when somebody shows you their work and everything about it is ####... so... you don't really know where to start.
Pretentious Bull****
Thierry Guetta runs a vintage clothing shop in Los Angeles and is obsessed with photographing everything he sees. When he visits his native country, France, and finds a cousin who is a street artist named Invader, his blood takes him on a tour where he meets other unorthodox graffiti painters on their controversial rounds, mostly at night, in order to avoid the law.
Guetta meets the most notorious guerrilla artist of them all, a Brit who uses the name Banksy. They become good friends and the underground Englishman has managed to keep is identity a secret, even after becoming a financial success. So far, so good. The problem comes up when Guetta starts painting and somehow, with no apparent talent, becomes the toast of the Los Angeles art community with a show, followed by fame and fortune. The man is an insufferable ###****. By the end of the documentary, I hated the guy. Stay away from this pretentious bull****.
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