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Saving Banksy

Internationally known graffiti artist, Banksy, left his mark on San Francisco in April 2010. Little did he know that this act of vandalism would spark a chain of events that includes one of his rats being removed from a wall, Muse...

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Colin M. Day

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A lot of the work I do on the street
is huge, great big words, - Saving Banksy

A lot of the work I do on the street is huge, great big word...

Our interest was,
you know, the letter form, - Saving Banksy

Our interest was, you know, the letter form,

What he does is just incredibly different - Saving Banksy

What he does is just incredibly different

Each city crafts and creates
its own artists with its own styles. - Saving Banksy

Each city crafts and creates its own artists with its own st...

Retna, he's developed
a art form based on text, - Saving Banksy

Retna, he's developed a art form based on text,

Risk, original writer, - Saving Banksy

Risk, original writer,

I'm a pretty mellow dude, you know,
and I've been shot once, - Saving Banksy

I'm a pretty mellow dude, you know, and I've been ...

Revok, yeah,
again, original style, - Saving Banksy

Revok, yeah, again, original style,

They send kids here in LA
to prison for eight, nine years, - Saving Banksy

They send kids here in LA to prison for eight, nine years,

This kid Sight went to prison - Saving Banksy

This kid Sight went to prison

Anthony Lister, crazy Australian. - Saving Banksy

Anthony Lister, crazy Australian.

That one looked great
from the roof, - Saving Banksy

That one looked great from the roof,

He just embraces
everything that his art is. - Saving Banksy

He just embraces everything that his art is.

Mayhem. Craziness. The end of the world. - Saving Banksy

Mayhem. Craziness. The end of the world.

Doze Green, uh, definitely not boring. - Saving Banksy

Doze Green, uh, definitely not boring.

He was there at the very beginning - Saving Banksy

He was there at the very beginning

Paris in the early '70s, it was a movement
based around protest, - Saving Banksy

Paris in the early '70s, it was a movement based around...

If you count the number of artists - Saving Banksy

If you count the number of artists

It's really huge, and I guess people
won't know how huge - Saving Banksy

It's really huge, and I guess people won't know ho...

Shoe, he stopped doing graffiti - Saving Banksy

Shoe, he stopped doing graffiti

The most famous street artist
is definitely Banksy. - Saving Banksy

The most famous street artist is definitely Banksy.

I think Banksy great.
We needed a Banksy. - Saving Banksy

I think Banksy great. We needed a Banksy.

His creativity, just being totally clever, - Saving Banksy

His creativity, just being totally clever,

I think that Banksy has become
some a cultural happening - Saving Banksy

I think that Banksy has become some a cultural happening

I think Banksy'd been
in London about a year, - Saving Banksy

I think Banksy'd been in London about a year,

This is funnier than graffiti." - Saving Banksy

This is funnier than graffiti."

No one knows who he is, who he is, - Saving Banksy

No one knows who he is, who he is,

Ben Eine is one
of a handful of artists - Saving Banksy

Ben Eine is one of a handful of artists

I first met Banksy
many years ago. - Saving Banksy

I first met Banksy many years ago.

Originally he didn't want people
to know who he was - Saving Banksy

Originally he didn't want people to know who he was

You know, newspapers in England - Saving Banksy

You know, newspapers in England

They all tried to find out
who his parents are, - Saving Banksy

They all tried to find out who his parents are,

You know, he made it, he did it, - Saving Banksy

You know, he made it, he did it,

You know, I think it's funny,
a lot of people are like, - Saving Banksy

You know, I think it's funny, a lot of people are like,

Everybody's aware that Banksy is,
you know, the biggest thing in street art. - Saving Banksy

Everybody's aware that Banksy is, you know, the biggest...

In April of 2010,
Banksy came to San Francisco. - Saving Banksy

In April of 2010, Banksy came to San Francisco.

There were thousands
of people that came to San Francisco - Saving Banksy

There were thousands of people that came to San Francisco

I'd get a text message
at 12 midnight the next night, - Saving Banksy

I'd get a text message at 12 midnight the next night,

This is the Chinatown piece, - Saving Banksy

This is the Chinatown piece,

The funny thing about this piece
is they actually went into the bakery - Saving Banksy

The funny thing about this piece is they actually went into ...

There's a lot of graffiti
that has beautiful pictures, - Saving Banksy

There's a lot of graffiti that has beautiful pictures,

It's been funny
to watch it transition - Saving Banksy

It's been funny to watch it transition

But, yeah, he came to San Francisco
and painted a lot of stuff. - Saving Banksy

But, yeah, he came to San Francisco and painted a lot of stu...

I've actually hoped somebody - Saving Banksy

I've actually hoped somebody

And, uh, it doesn't,
so we kind of lucked out. - Saving Banksy

And, uh, it doesn't, so we kind of lucked out.

This is the Indian that was done
on Sycamore in the Mission. - Saving Banksy

This is the Indian that was done on Sycamore in the Mission.

They actually backed up
with a moving truck, - Saving Banksy

They actually backed up with a moving truck,

And they put two mattresses
on either side of the-- this-- the wall. - Saving Banksy

And they put two mattresses on either side of the-- this-- t...

And then they stationed two guys
on each side, - Saving Banksy

And then they stationed two guys on each side,

They really are strategic
about not getting caught. - Saving Banksy

They really are strategic about not getting caught.

There's not a lot of other street artists
that have a team or a crew of people - Saving Banksy

There's not a lot of other street artists that have a t...

Most people see just the tree,
but if you look, - Saving Banksy

Most people see just the tree, but if you look,

Paintings appeared in Fisherman's Wharf, - Saving Banksy

Paintings appeared in Fisherman's Wharf,

So, I love that he's controversial, - Saving Banksy

So, I love that he's controversial,

This piece, they actually had ladders
going up to the building, - Saving Banksy

This piece, they actually had ladders going up to the buildi...

And there was a party going on,
big party with hundreds of people, - Saving Banksy

And there was a party going on, big party with hundreds of p...

So, they had to wait for, like, three
or four hours for this party to disperse - Saving Banksy

So, they had to wait for, like, three or four hours for this...

It probably took 'em,
you know, ten minutes, - Saving Banksy

It probably took 'em, you know, ten minutes,

♪ Why am I treated so bad, h mm? ♪ - Saving Banksy

♪ Why am I treated so bad, h mm? ♪

Different cities around the world - Saving Banksy

Different cities around the world

Basically, they want to get it cleaned off
and they don't want to pay for it. - Saving Banksy

Basically, they want to get it cleaned off and they don'...

So, the way
that San Francisco deals with this - Saving Banksy

So, the way that San Francisco deals with this

There was a lot of this dialog
going on that, you know, - Saving Banksy

There was a lot of this dialog going on that, you know,

He said the city really was harassing him
about getting it off as fast as possible. - Saving Banksy

He said the city really was harassing him about getting it o...

We're able to easily, you know,
put this on their tax bill - Saving Banksy

We're able to easily, you know, put this on their tax b...

If he just cuts that out, you know, - Saving Banksy

If he just cuts that out, you know,

No doubt, it'll sell, - Saving Banksy

No doubt, it'll sell,

Under the threat of fines
to the building owners, - Saving Banksy

Under the threat of fines to the building owners,

Anything on street level got tagged
over by the graffiti artists, the taggers. - Saving Banksy

Anything on street level got tagged over by the graffiti art...

It's been painted over. It's been tagged.
This one is basically destroyed. - Saving Banksy

It's been painted over. It's been tagged. This one...

So, yeah. Basically as fast
as it went up, it came down. - Saving Banksy

So, yeah. Basically as fast as it went up, it came down.

It's a huge thing for San Francisco
to have these Banksy paintings, - Saving Banksy

It's a huge thing for San Francisco to have these Banks...

San Francisco
resident Brian Greif - Saving Banksy

San Francisco resident Brian Greif

His plan-- remove a painting
and donate it to a museum. - Saving Banksy

His plan-- remove a painting and donate it to a museum.

I just want to save at least one of them - Saving Banksy

I just want to save at least one of them

I would say 99.5 %
of everything I've painted... - Saving Banksy

I would say 99.5 % of everything I've painted...

In-- within the context of graffiti
in the last 25 years is gone. - Saving Banksy

In-- within the context of graffiti in the last 25 years is ...

Our art is developed
with this attitude in mind, - Saving Banksy

Our art is developed with this attitude in mind,

♪ I get by ♪ - Saving Banksy

♪ I get by ♪

You can see the walls--
The wall's been painted over. - Saving Banksy

You can see the walls-- The wall's been painted over.

It's this white wall right here. - Saving Banksy

It's this white wall right here.

It was the one that said,
"This'll look nice when it's framed." - Saving Banksy

It was the one that said, "This'll look nice when ...

That's where that Banksy was,
that white wall right there, - Saving Banksy

That's where that Banksy was, that white wall right the...

Banksy left one final gift - Saving Banksy

Banksy left one final gift

One on side, a six-foot-tall rat. - Saving Banksy

One on side, a six-foot-tall rat.

Apparently, up here on a wall--
Yep, it's up there. - Saving Banksy

Apparently, up here on a wall-- Yep, it's up there.

It's still there. There's a Banksy rat
on siding that I can get down, - Saving Banksy

It's still there. There's a Banksy rat on siding t...

On one city block you see--
up above, you see, - Saving Banksy

On one city block you see-- up above, you see,

The rat is one of Banksy's
most iconic images. - Saving Banksy

The rat is one of Banksy's most iconic images.

Banksy has an army of rats
rallied all over the world. - Saving Banksy

Banksy has an army of rats rallied all over the world.

Saving Banksy poster

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Internationally known graffiti artist, Banksy, left his mark on San Francisco in April 2010. Little did he know that this act of vandalism would spark a chain of events that includes one of his rats being removed from a wall, Muse...

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Director: Colin M. Day

Writer: Éva Boros, Paul Polycarpou

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2017

MetaScore: 73/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: $47,965

Released: 13 Jan 2017

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

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