Exit Through The Gift Shop

Exit Through the Gift Shop is the story of an eclectic French man attempts to integrate himself into the culture of street art, befriending many well known artists, including the elusive Banksy himself. The twist is, that Banksy hijacked the filming, turning the interviewer into the interviewee with a ridiculous twist at the end as to what happens to this simple french man.

The beginning of the movie felt very believable, as there was actual documentation to back up what was being said. The original creator of the film had hundreds, if not thousands of hours of footage that he had shot through his lifetime, and it was all in chronological order. It compromised years of life, as the viewer watched his family and him get older and grow up. His start in street art is believable, that he knew someone who knew someone, and then he met more people as he went further along into the project.

Towards the middle and the end is when the documentary became less believable. How is it possible that Banksy let this random man from France film him when he has been so secretive all this time. Or that he would actually promote a man that produces bullshit for work, someone who has never made art. The idea that it's a hoax is played in the name of Thierry, "Mr. Brainwash". Conveying the idea that he has brainwashed everybody into believing he was something.