Basquiat: Jealous of the Moon

A scene from "Basquiat" directed by Julian Schnabel in the 1996 film about Jean-Michel Basquiat's life and work. Sometimes true genius is misundertood. In a city like Manhattan some ride the train and some never get off... I think this scene with Van Morrison (of note "it's all over now baby blue" is a cover of the original by Bob Dylan) in the background speaks volumes in it's montage of a man expressing himself in his creative endeavors, when he wakes Gina up and shows her his work that he did for her she's totally upset and doesn't understand why he would do that to her dress... His words to calm her down are classic, even if she is still a bit confused and bewildered. In his mind he was taking something ordinary and making it beautiful, like an artist would do. Misunderstood and out of this world would be the best way to describe many artists, people don't understand them but they love them for being so free and sometimes so over the top...