“Exit through the gift shop” is a movie about the famous street artist Banksy. The British artist lives in complete mystery. The man operates, true to its roots as a street artist, always in secret, and appears never in public.
His first film 'Exit through the Gift Shop "is completely in line with his work: it is a film about himself (or maybe not). In 'Exit through the gift shop' we meet one Thierry Guetta, a Frenchman with his camcorder. For years he filmed the most famous street artists of the graffiti scene in LA and so also learned about Banksy. “Exit through the Gift Shop" is a clever and funny mockumentary.
But the big questions are: Is the almost caricatured French Guetta real?
Is it not just the art of Banksy? Was the big opening in the warehouse not just put in scene?
We will never know the answer to this question. I think we don’t kneed to know them. Mysteries are fun!