Exit Through the Gift Shop

Last night I watched Exit Through the Gift Shop on Watch Instantly.

I loved this documentary! It was so entertaining and engaging. It is about a French man living in LA who becomes obsessed with videotaping EVERYTHING. He soon discovers street artists, and is let into their fascinating sub-culture. He documents all these street artists putting up their work and becomes a close documentarian of Shepard Fairey and eventually Banksy. This part of the documentary really gives you an appreciation of street art without being preachy. It kind of lets the images and contexts speak for themselves, as you are seeing it somewhat through the eyes of the documentarian, who is a bit naive, a bit of an outsider artist. He is also very amusing to watch and listen to.

The film has an interesting twist, however, when the documentarian begins to make art himself...

This was really well done and tells a great story. It also makes you think.