Zombie Room

I would like to start this blog by telling you a little about the hotel we are staying at here in Berlin. It’s called The Circus Hotel and it is most definitely the best hotel in the world. They have a great and helpful staff, organic food (especially the breakfast is great) and most importantly they have a fast and totally free internet in hotel. And just as we thought this place couldn’t get any better, the receptionist stopped us yesterday as we were going to our room and asked if we wanted to go see a movie. Apparently they just give out presents every now and then to the guests. The movie in question was the international premiere of Exit Through the Gift Shop, which is the directorial debut by Banksy, the world’s most notorious street artist. Needless to say, we accepted.

Let’s start with the trailer of the movie, so you get a better idea of what I’m talking about. I love that in the trailer it says “The world’s first street art disaster movie”. That might not make too much sense now, but after you see the film – the quote is indeed appropriate.

The premiere was held in the Berlinale Palast where I had never been to before, so I was very exited to go there. As the movie starts you kinda scratch your head for a while trying to figure out what’s it about. This feeling actually continues for quite a long time and then all of a sudden the movie turns into a funny and exiting documentary about a French immigrant called Thierry Guetta who had an obsession both in filming and in street art. The movie was described by Banksy as “The story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed.”

But something just doesn’t feel right…

I have to stop now to confess something. I’m torn in between telling you what I really thought about the film and not telling you about it at all. You see, me and Timo have a theory which we can’t prove yet, but we are convinced that we are right. No doubt in my mind in fact. And even though I would love to spill my guts with you, I feel like it would spoil the experience. So I’m just gonna say this. Banksy is a genious! Go see the movie and maybe you will figure it out yourself! And also if our theory is correct, Exit Through the Gift Shop is Banksy’s best work to date.

Check out Banksy’s website here and the official site for the movie here.

And since it was Valentine’s day yesterday, check out my list of Top Valentine’s Day movies I did a year ago from this link.

Love,

Mrs. Zombie

Tags: Banksy, Berlin Film Festival 2010, Exit Through the Gift Shop

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