For Art's Sake

Let me recommend Exit Through The Gift Shop, a film by Banksy. It's about Thierry Guetta, a Frenchman living in LA, who had a mania for filming, and started shooting street artists as they worked, including, eventually, Banksy himself. The story only gets weirder as it goes along (and considering how Banksy works, many are questioning how much of it is true).

The film is highly entertaining, and would have worked if I'd had no idea about anything or anyone it it. But living in LA, and having seen some of the work of the artists involved--even blogged about it--there were times I almost felt a personal involvement. (Who knew that Shepard Fairey and I use the same Kinkos?)