Some of the cast of Julian Schnabel’s Basquiat, from left: Jeffrey Wright as Basquiat, David Bowie as Warhol, Gary Oldman as "Albert Milo" (Schnabel himself) and Dennis Hopper as Bruno Bischofberger
Those whose experience of Julian Schnabel has been one of enduring his overarching, humorless exclusionary egomania have been successively surprised to discover a sensitive side to the lumpy dauber in his justly praised trilogy of films, Basquiat, Before Night Falls and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
