Exit Through The Gift Shop (2010) Illustration

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (2010)

Invader

I watched Exit Through The Gift Shop (2010), so I could get a clearer perspective on street artists and how they risked a lot for their art. 

Invader

It's about french amateur film maker Thierry Guetta, who's goal is to find and befriend Banksy. It begins with the guy recording and telling the audience about Invader, an infamous street artist who tags with a small space invader and 8-bit style work generally made up of tiles. 

It then goes on to how Thierry finds Shephard Fairey and goes around tagging walls and spaces with him, before he manages to find Banksy and befriend him. 

Shephard Fairey, Obey Andre The Giant Tag

The entire time Thierry tells the street artists that he's making a documentary on street art when in actual fact he just likes recording stuff. 

When Banksy finally asks to see the footage, he realises Thierry isn't making a film and helps him make one instead. 

Apparently before Banksy stepped in, what Thierry had done was 'unwatchable'.