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Review of by David Bonetti for San Francisco Examiner — 21 Apr 2002

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Schnabel can't decide whether he wants to tell a traditional rise-and-fall morality tale or make an art film. His attempt at telling Basquiat's story straightforwardly collapses under its own banality.

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This review of Basquiat (1996) was written by and published by San Francisco Examiner on 21 Apr 2002.

Basquiat has generally received positive reviews.

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