{"id":10626,"date":"2011-01-26T16:17:03","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T16:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=10626"},"modified":"2011-01-26T16:30:56","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T16:30:56","slug":"will-banksy-show-up-at-the-oscars-exit-through-the-gift-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/01\/26\/will-banksy-show-up-at-the-oscars-exit-through-the-gift-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Banksy show up at the Oscars?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After his his film\u00a0Exit Through the Gift Shop<\/a><\/strong> was nominated for Best Documentary<\/a>, will the reclusive street artist Banksy<\/a> turn up at the Oscars?<\/p>\n

Whilst Hollywood and Oscar pundits<\/a> digested the Oscar nominations<\/a> yesterday, in the documentary category a small bombshell went off when Banksy’s debut film made it on to the final list.<\/p>\n

A year after it premi\u00e8red at Sundance 2010<\/a>, where Banksy left this commemorative mural<\/a> in Park City, it has reaped huge acclaim (98% on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> and 85 on Metacritic<\/a>) and extensive speculation<\/a> as to whether it is all some kind of elaborate hoax.<\/p>\n

It purports to be the story of Thierry Guetta<\/a>, a Frenchman who films street artist in Los Angeles, who comes across the reclusive Banksy and also starts making his own art under the name ‘Mr. Brainwash’.<\/p>\n

An intriguingly constructed film-within-a-film, it is also a gleefully anarchic film with plenty of intelligence underneath the frequently hilarious exterior.<\/p>\n