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Driver, an artist herself, lived and worked in the same art community that propelled Basquiat to stardom. And because of that, Boom For Real kind of tells two stories: there’s Basquiat’s – who shows up in archival footage but never speaks. And there’s New York City’s. Pre-9/11, pre-Reagan, pre-real estate boom. Boom for Real strikes a careful balance between nostalgia and danger, between nuance and hero worship.
The filmmaker discusses what it felt like to capture on film a New York of old, particularly for working artists, and why Whole Foods makes her nostalgic for the past.
Sara Driver currently appears in Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die.
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- Sara Driver
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