{"id":5814,"date":"2010-04-29T18:32:37","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T08:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=5814"},"modified":"2010-04-29T18:32:37","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T08:32:37","slug":"madman-presents-exit-through-the-gift-shop-a-film-by-banksy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=5814","title":{"rendered":"MADMAN presents ‘EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP’ – A film by Banksy."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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MADMAN presents ‘EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP’ – A film by Banksy.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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“Funny as Hell.”<\/em> – THE NEW YORKER<\/strong>“A sly satire of celebrity, consumerism and the art world.”<\/em> – LA TIMES<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

MELBOURNE, Thursday, 29 April 2010: Madman proudly presents the Australian release of Exit Through the Gift Shop<\/strong>, the first film by world famous street artist, Banksy.<\/p>\n

As a personal introduction, Banksy\u2019s penned a letter for the world premiere of his debut feature film at Sundance went a little something like this….. “Ladies and gentlemen, and publicists: Trying to make a movie which truly conveys the raw thrill and expressive power of art is very difficult. So we haven\u2019t bothered. Instead, this is simply an everyday tale of life, longing, and mindless vandalism. Everything you are about to see is true, especially the bit where we all lie. Thanks for coming, please don\u2019t give away the ending on Twitter. And please, don\u2019t try copying any of this stuff at home, wait until you get to work.”<\/em><\/p>\n

And so it goes that the artist, political commentator and social prankster known as Banksy makes his foray into cinema by doing exactly what he does best, warping reality into something much more fun! In this, \u2018the world\u2019s first street art disaster movie\u2019, Banksy becomes the prize catch of Thierry Guetta, a French shop-keep turned videographer who becomes obsessed with finding and filming the elusive painter. Also featuring the likes of Shephard Fairey (Obey), Space Invader and a slew of street art luminaries, Exit Through the Gift Shop<\/strong> totally delivers – a funny, raucous (and cautionary) tale on art, ambition and the cult of celebrity.<\/p>\n

Despite the city\u2019s unconditional cultural embrace of street art, Banksy\u2019s work has had a somewhat chequered past in Melbourne \u2013 with his \u2018Little Diver\u2019 being maliciously vandalised, then quietly resurrected again as a replica at an unknown date in April 2010. Most recently, Banksy\u2019s infamous \u2018parachuting rat\u2019 in Hosier Lane was accidentally rubbed out by a graffiti clean-up crew. Again, replicas are beginning to spring up all over the city. As of Wednesday 28th April, the Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has extended an open invitation for Banksy to return to Melbourne and has also floated the option of commissioning a new work.<\/p>\n

Exit Through the Gift Shop has premiered in both Sundance and Berlin film festivals and has opened to acclaim in the U.K. and the U.S.<\/p>\n

Exit Through the Gift Shop is on limited release in cinemas across Australia from June 3. See \u2018Notes To Editors\u2019 section for dates in each capital city and visit www.madman.com.au\/banksy<\/a> (coming soon) for more.<\/p>\n

You can watch the trailer for Exit Through The Gift Shop here.<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

29 APRIL 2010 MADMAN presents ‘EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP’ – A film by Banksy. “Funny as Hell.” – THE NEW YORKER“A sly satire of celebrity, consumerism and the art world.” – LA TIMES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MELBOURNE, Thursday, 29 April 2010: Madman proudly presents the Australian release of Exit Through the Gift Shop, the<\/p>\n

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