Banksy

"Exit Through the Gift Shop" de Banksy está pré-seleccionado para o Oscar de Melhor Documentário e enquanto não é conhecida a lista final de nomeados, o filme continua a arrecadar prémios e a tornar-se uma séria ameaça na categoria. Recentemente o filme foi premiado como melhor documentário nos "Cinema Eye Honors", e Banksy, não estando presente (como não podia deixar de ser), enviou um discurso de aceitação do prémio para ser lido durante a cerimónia:

"Now’s not the time for long, rambling speeches. I’ll leave that for the director of ‘Waiting for Superman.’


I’d like to thank the Cinema Eye awards. It’s great to be recognized by people who are so obsessed with the documentary genre — in other words people who are even more socially retarded than myself.


I guess some of you may be getting a bit suspicious about me. How can you know that this award is real? But I’d like to categorically assure you that this evening’s awards are not being staged by actors for a parody I’m making about film awards.


I’d like to thank anyone who worked on the movie. Almost all of them did a great job. And I’d like to dedicate this award to anyone out there who’s ever looked at the state of this world and thought: “I can’t just stand idly by and watch this happen. I need to get it on tape.” Thank you and have a good evening."


* crítica a Exit Through the Gift Shop