MYST: Exit Through The Gift Shop

This movie doesn't actually have a trailer.

Exit through the gift shop is a documentary about street art created by one of the most notorious street artists Banksy. Banksy is a British street artist who's appearance or real name is still unknown to this day. He became famous for his satirical street art and his art shows he would put on in London. As street art broke out into the mainstream and people started to take note, Banksy became the most well known street artist in the world. An original Banksy artwork sells between 100,000 and 1,000,000 euros

The movie itself is a "documentary" about a man named Terry who got introduced to the street art world through his cousin "Space Invader" who was a well known street artist. Terry has an odd habit of filming everything that happens in his life and he becomes intertwined with the world of street art. This whole time he told everyone he was filming in order to make a documentary and after a bunch of years of filming Banksy tells him it's time to release his documentary. Terry however had no intention of making a documentary but upon Banksy's request creates one out of thousands of tapes he has piled up in his basement. He makes the documentary and it's absolutely horrible so Banksy decides to use the footage in order to make his own documentary, which is the movie you are currently watching. So the movie ends being a documentary about the documentary you are  currently watching, which is awesome. During the time Banksy is creating the documentary through Terry's old footage, Terry starts to become a street artist himself despite being terrible at it. 

I won't spoil the end but all you need to know is as the movie goes on it gets progressively more ridiculous and unbelievable. This has led to a discussion about whether or not anything that happened in this movie is real? Despite marketing itself as a documentary, many people actually believe that it isn't a real documentary but a piece of "art" that Banksy made to mess with people. Nobody actually knows if anything that happens in this movie is true and there is definitely no way to prove or deny it. Despite all this I love this movie. This is probably one of my favorite documentaries of all time. It's combination of humor along with very interesting and hard to get shots of street art being made and put up help immerse the viewer in what was before a very mysterious world. Not much is known about street art or the artist who make it but, this movie does a lot to show people what it is actually about and, hopefully sway public opinion of these street artists. 

Overall I give this 7 out of 8