Now I want to preface by saying that I have seen "Exit Through the Gift Shop," and I found it pretty interesting. Not as interesting as other documentaries on the subject of 'street art' that I have seen, but still fairly entertaining. Yet, as the article states there is a lot (did I say a lot, I mean tons) of controversy in the film mainly over who made what and what is real and what is fake. In this article, the person who has problems with the movie, is not who you would think. There is a small section of the movie that is about the 'main' artist in the movie Thierry Guetta 'film' that he decided to make with all of the film footage that he had. The film within the film was called 'Life Remote Control,' and the claim is that someone else (Joachim Levy) helped make that film and received no credit for the role he played. In the article other filmmaker signed no contract when he decided to help Guetta, and gave all the footage he took and let Banksy use it. In the article they try to contact the filmmakers of 'Exit Through the Gift Shop,' and cannot get ahold of anyone for comment. Since the film has come out, not a lot of people have been available to talk to, which makes people question the legitimacy of the film. As the article says because Levy wants to know why he was not mentioned at all in the making of the film within the film, this might help to prove that the film is real. Since people are suing over the movie for the roles that they played and did not receive any of their credit, this is helping prove that what went on in the movie is 'real.' As a viewer we still never see Banksy's face or find out who he is, or how much he actually had to do with the film, but we are still being pushed to the conclusion that this film was not fake, and we should believe what the filmmakers told us. And as the article says "Since people are coming out of the woodwork..." maybe the movie isn't fake, because it sure did piss a lot of people off, for not being recognized for their work.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/movies/awardsseason/06bagger.html?_r=1&ref=awardsseason
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