Street art’s most successful artist, Banksy, created the opening sequence for last night’s episode of the The Simpsons. The extended intro shows a slightly vandalized Springfield followed by a descent into the dark world of consumer culture where teams of laborers work in unison to create merchandise. Wait, is he critiquing Fox or himself?
Also, can someone explain where the British press got an image of Bart Simpson wearing a bandanna? It doesn’t appear in the clip. Reports the Guardian:
The minute-long opening sequence begins almost as usual, but with Banksy’s tag being sprayed across Springfield monuments, and a masked Bart writing “I must not write all over the walls” over the walls of his schoolroom.
Banksy’s film “Exit Through The Gift Shop” is coming to DVD and Blu-ray next week. The DVD features deleted scenes, two new short films and comes packaged with exclusive 2D glasses, stickers and artwork. From the back cover:
Featuring exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many more of the world’s most infamous graffiti artists at work, Exit Through The Gift Shop is the hilarious true story of low-level criminality, companionship and incompetence. The story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed.
