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  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 18 m

Summary Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat follows Basquiat's life pre-fame and how New York City, the times, the people and the movements surrounding him formed the artist he became. Using never-before-seen works, writings and photographs, director Sara Driver, who was part of the New York arts scene herself, worked c...

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 18 m

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat follows Basquiat's life pre-fame and how New York City, the times, the people and the movements surrounding him formed the artist he became. Using never-before-seen works, writings and photographs, director Sara Driver, who was part of the New York arts scene herself, worked c...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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90
May 9, 2018
While, in many respects, it is conventional in form, alternating archival footage from the late 1970s and early ’80s with newly shot interviews, the movie has a momentum (aided by an exemplary soundtrack of songs from the era) and a rare interrogatory spirit.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
88
May 17, 2018
What’s admirable about the film is how Driver gives the cross-pollinating forces of music, media, fashion and art such concise, firsthand exploration.
By Nathalie Atkinson FULL REVIEW
80
May 10, 2018
Sara Driver, the director of “Boom for Real” (who was there at the time, as Jim Jarmusch’s early producer and romantic partner), creates an alluring and detailed portrait of how the downtown scene came together, springing up like weeds between the cracks of a broken New York, its poverty-row aesthetic infused with the energy of punk and the vivacity of hip-hop (before it was called that).
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
67
May 17, 2018
Boom for Real is an engaging enough oral history from those that were there – directed in a manner that’s perhaps a little too straight forward for just how vibrant the material is.
By John Fink FULL REVIEW
67
Apr 23, 2018
For Driver’s movie, Basquiat is a ghostly presence, popping up in snapshots or scraps of footage.
By Chris Barsanti FULL REVIEW
50
May 17, 2018
The filmmakers do well to create a rich milieu, even if it is as short-lived and enigmatic as the artist’s own life.
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50
May 8, 2018
The film seems far more interested in celebrating a short-lived era of artistic invention than interrogating it.
By Derek Smith FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Bunny Lake Films, Faliro House Productions, Hells Kitten Productions, Le Pacte, Leopardo Filmes
Release Date May 11, 2018
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.boomforrealfilm.com/
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Awards

Cleveland International Film Festival
• 2 Nominations

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