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The Universe of Keith Haring

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Italy, France · 2008
1h 30m
Director Christina Clausen
Starring Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fab 5 Freddy, Bill T. Jones
Genre Documentary

A portrait of New York artist Keith Haring. This documentary looks to Haring as an artistic role model for his preternatural talent, of course, but also for his infectious lust for life that had him as committed to social activism and teaching children as to his latest painting.

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San Francisco Chronicle by

Reminded me of the occasional thrill of coming upon Haring's puzzling, unsigned chalk drawings in the New York subway at the turn of the 1980s, before he made a name for himself above ground.

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New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier

Utilizing copious film footage of her puckish subject and new interviews with Haring's contemporaries, gallerists and mentors, director Christina Clausen makes her fascinating movie as big-hearted, city-centric and energetic as its subject.

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Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan

The bane of documentaries on creative people is that they're often little more than a fan's note, of interest only to those who already know and love the work in question. The Universe of Keith Haring starts out that way but the force of the late artist's energy and personality is strong enough to win over the skeptics.

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The A.V. Club by Noel Murray

Universe deals extensively with Haring's personal life--his open homosexuality, his regular visits with his family, etc.--but it doesn't penetrate too far below the surface.

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