Exit Through the Gift Shop (1:27) 2010

I think Exit Though the Gift Shop may win the Oscar for Best Documentary. And I am surprising myself in writing this. I watched this film in December and my first thought was what an odd topic and what unusual characters. This is a documentary about street art as filmed by a French store owner, Thierry Guetta. Thiery films hours and hours of street art and artists. Along the way, he hooks up with the very illusive Banksy, a street artist who refuses to be seen on screen. As time goes on, Thierry is pressured into editing his work and makes an awful documentary. After his failure at film making, Thierry decides to become a street artist and throws himself into his work. I'm kind of speechless as to what to say about this oddball documentary, it normally wouldn't be my cup of tea but I was drawn to it and was fascinated both by the artwork and by the artists.