We watched the film "Beautiful Losers" which was VERY engaging. The film was about a group of artists whose paths crossed as they were venturing in their artistic careers. This group of artists clicked, continued to have fun and work together, and eventually/unintentionally made it BIG as professional artists. The film shows each artist and their upbringing, how each of them got started as artists and then leading to the meeting of the group of artists at a studio in New York. They partied, drank, exhibited their work, and genuinely enjoyed/fed off each other's character/personality as artists and friends.
The film then shifted to their success as an group of artists, travelling to Japan and getting paid shit-tons of money to make art and have fun/promote their work. Then, the film began to show the artists' shift to more professional work, i.e. work for Pepsi and Volkswagen, of which they retained their true artistic integrity, whereas many adapt to what the corporations want.
What is artistic integrity? I define artistic integrity as what an artist teaches themselves, their personal style and tendencies as artists; all of which are the result of artists' inspiration's to become and remain artists. Where they came from and how they got to where they are at. The underlying theme of the film; from nowhere to somewhere, having nothing to having it all.
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