The "Basquiat" biopic came out in 1996, a perfect release time for me. That year, I was knee-deep in my pretentious college student phase — the indie-er the film, the better. The cast was chock full of some of my favorites (Benicio, Parker Posey, Gary Oldman), rounded out by the fantabulous Jeffrey Wright playing Jean-Michel and David Bowie as Warhol ("I can't even see what's good anymore" made that movie). These days, I probably wouldn't have the attention span to sit through it again.
But watching this trailer for Tamra Davis' newly released "Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child," has me thinking the words and deeds of the man himself may captivate me in ways a hipster-fied interpretation can't. Sure, Davis directed "Crossroads," but still...
(Oh, and '96 me would be stoked by the Mike D and Ad Rock being on the soundtrack.)
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