Here are two scenes from the movie,
"Basquiat"There are a number of good performances,
But this is one of my favorite
Benecio del Toro moveeeees. Friendship is touching.Friendship is a continuum.It's a wide flat land brimming w/crystals
One works out the navigation
Of their life in that space
With charts. On a raft in the middle of the sea. I don't want to overexplain
I've been riffing this one
For a long time.
Here's what oliversupreme has to say about the clip he posted:
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Basquiat is a 1996 film directed by Julian Schnabel which is based on the life of American postmodernist/neo expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Basquiat, born in Brooklyn, used his graffiti roots as a foundation to create collage-style paintings on canvas.Jeffrey Wright portrays Basquiat, and David Bowie plays Basquiat's friend and mentor Andy Warhol. Additional cast include Gary Oldman as a thinly disguised Schnabel, Michael Wincott as the poet and art critic Rene Ricard; Dennis Hopper as Bruno Bischofberger; Claire Forlani, Courtney Love and Benicio del Toro in supporting roles as "composite characters".The film was written by Schnabel while Lech J. Majewski and John F. Bowe each receives a story credit and Michael Thomas Holman receives a story development credit.As director, Schnabel is often found painting himself into the film by adding the fictional stand-in character, Albert Milo (Gary Oldman), based on Schnabel. Schnabel also leaves a bit more of himself in the film by adding cameo appearances by his own mother, father, and daughter (as Milo's family.) Schnabel himself is an extra as a waiter.Basquiat died in 1988, of mixed-drug toxicity (he had been combining cocaine and heroin, known as "speedballing"). Basquiat's estate would not grant permission for his work to be used in the film. Schnabel himself did the accurate reproductions of Basquiat's work .Jeffrey Wright as Jean-Michel Basquiat
David Bowie as Andy Warhol
Gary Oldman as Albert Milo
Michael Wincott as Rene Ricard
Benicio del Toro as Benny Dalmau
(del Toro's character, Benny, is partially based on Jaco Pastorius who was living on and off at the West 4th St. basketball courts in NYC at the time; as well as friend/former bandmate Vincent Gallo).
Claire Forlani as Gina Cardinale
Dennis Hopper as Bruno Bischofberger
Tatum O'Neal as Cynthia Kruger
Courtney Love as Big Pink
Christopher Walken as The Interviewer
Willem Dafoe as the Electrician
Parker Posey as Mary Boone
Rene Rivera as Juan
Sam Rockwell as Thug
Vincent Gallo as Himself / Party Guest"
... and friendship comes back after
Many missteps.
It can. Partly your choice.
Partly your self.
Either way...