Samo?

I rented this film mainly to because of the buzz surrounding Schnabel's forthcoming the Diving Bell and the Butterfly...

It's not a bad biopic by any means, with strong performances from the majority of the cast (although I wasn't really convinced by Bowie's Andy Warhol) and a genuinely exciting visual flair in representing Basquiat's work. However, Schnabel's handling of the biopic format is occasionally a little too conventional (given the subject matter here) and stumbles into cliche with some of the 'life-story' milestones - encountering death, fame, love, and friendship without actually drawing a great deal of emotive power from them.

Worth a watch though if you have any interest in the artist.