I've only seen it the one time a few days ago, I know practically nothing about Banksy other than seeing his stuff everywhere, but I fancied watching something different.. I personally thought Thierry was making the documentary for real, and Life Remote Control was a genuine effort by him, then after Banksy explains how they switched roles, he took over the project and it was all done as a joke with Thierry in on it. It was when Thierry first said "Mr Brainwash" I started to think it might not be as it seems.
It wasn't till a couple days later that I started to think it was all a hoax. I'll have to watch it again before I can make more sense of it.
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli".
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bsharporflat
12 years ago
I agree with sgreen81. Thierry seems more or less believable until he becomes Mr. Brainwash and starts creating all that art. That just doesn't seem to be a part of his character that we had seen in the movie up to that point.
Moreover Banksy goes out of his way to show that Thierry isn't much of an artist by showing us the video he made from his years of work filming street artists. Then he makes his point that any schlub can have a successful art show with the right promotion.
It isn't really true of course. People won't pay to see just anything. Thierry didn't really come up with the ideas for his art show. It was mostly Banksy himself. The style is recognizable. That is the biggest hoax of the movie.
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ethermusic1981
12 years ago
Agreed, bsharp. After reading a lot of comments here in the message board, I was beginning to wonder if I was one of the only ones who could see Banksy's style all over "Mister Brainwash's" artwork.
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