Exit Through The Gift Shop (2010)

Documentary about Thierry Guetta, a French dimwit obsessed with street art, who starts following around the artists with his video camera filming their every move. His "white whale" is Banksy, the most prominent and elusive of street artists. After a chance encounter, he becomes part of Banksy's inner circle and soon Guetta goes from being merely a hanger on to overnight art sensation and charlatan. Whether or not this whole film is an elaborate stunt concocted by Banksy only adds to it's fascination. I actually hope this whole movie is a lie, because it would mean I'm witnessing the birth of a new genre: the fictional documentary. It seems in step with what Banksy is doing with his art. His fame now means that when he defaces a wall, it is usually taken down brick by brick and auctioned off at Christie's for a million bucks. Absurd yet understandable, because his art is pretty incredible. The kind of art that wakes you up, he comes along just when you thought everything in art has been done before. Exciting and hilarious, this is the best documentary of the year. There is a Banksy not four blocks from my house. I'm gonna mosey over there with my jackhammer, I have student loans to pay.