Movie Questions

1. There has been debate over if this movie is genuine or a "mockumentary". What do you think? If it was a mockumentary - why would Bansky do this?
     I think that this movie is genuine and a mockumentary because a mockumentary is a uses fictional events in a documentary form and it is usually to comment or analyze and this movie shows fictional events. I also think this genuine because it is showing actual, true, and contemporary things. I think that Bansky wanted to do this to show what graffiti art means to graffiti artists. 

2. What do you think the street artists are trying to get across to the public with their graffiti?
How can you tell they were effective?
       I think that street artists are trying to send out their message and get people to see what their kind-of seeing. I think that the graffiti pictures were effective because people who were interested in it would stop and examine it. For example, when Bansky cut the telephone booth, tons of people took pictures of it and was amazed by it.  
3. What do you think that Mr. Brain Wash was trying to get across to the public with his art? Was he effective?
     I think that Mr. Brain Wash was trying to show that graffiti art is also like art in the galleries and that they are different and unique. I think that he was effective because when he opened his art gallery, there were tons of people that came to it. Plus, there were people that were even breaking in to see his gallery. 
4. What do you see as the key differences between the street artists work and MBW's work?
     I think the key differences between street artists and Mr. Brain Wash was that street artists has a meaning to make graffiti and that they were trying to send out a message to people while Mr. Brain Wash was just like for viewing and buying. Plus, he had people to make his art. 
5. At the end of the show lots of people showed up to the art show.  Why the long line? What brought so many people together?
   There were long lines because when they were advertising for Mr. Brain Wash's gallery, it was promoted by the Obey guy(Shepard Fairey) and Bansky's, so I think that people thought that the gallery is going to have very good art. 
6. Graffiti: Is it art or vandalism? How would you react to someone painting on your wall? What similarities do you see between graffiti and guerilla marketing? Where is the line for Shepard Fairey or Banksy, when they move from making art against the mainstream machines into making money off of their art from the mainstream machines? Did they sell out or did they achieve success?
   I think that graffiti is art and vandalism because it is very unique and different and  its vandalism because they are covering buildings and they are releasing gases. I would be upset if somebody painted on my wall unless they painted something that I liked. I think the similarities between graffiti and guerilla marketing is that they are both trying to send a message out to people. I think that Shepard Fairey achieved success because he made tons of money and he is even creating a clothing line. I  also think that Bansky was successful because tons of people know his art and he makes tons of money as well.