Review of Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018) by Owen Gleiberman for Variety — 09 May 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).
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This review of Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018) was written by Owen Gleiberman and published by Variety on 09 May 2018.
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat has generally received positive reviews.
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