MOVIE: EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Exit Through the Gift Shop is a documentary much like an unusual trinket emporio you wander into en route to the airport; you expect a stock-standard souvenir, and instead you walk out with an unexpected diamond in the rough. The hype will have you believe it’s about famed UK street artist Banksy (Brangelina bought one of his pieces for £1 million), but in actuality it’s about how artistic styles can be stolen and sold. It’s all the more telling in the uber-authentic arena of street art; where money is a dirty word, and the circles are tight and preferably anonymous. Into this sanctified glass shop a French bull with a camera staggers in, threatening to shatter all they value. Highly recommended. (AB)
