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Style Wars is an American 1983 documentary film on hip hop culture and its American roots, directed by Tony Silver and produced in collaboration with Henry Chalfant. The film has an emphasis on graffiti, although bboying and rapping are covered to a lesser extent. The film was originally aired on PBS television on January 18th, 1984, and was subsequently shown in several film festivals to much acclaim, including the Vancouver Film Festival. It also won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival.^[3]

The documentary captures and includes many historical moments of hip hop culture during its earliest days in the 1970s onward towards the early 1980s. ^[4]

Background[edit]

1. Detroit Sign Painters owner Zak Warman (third from left) with friends in front of UFO907’s Wastedland 2 installation, 9/17/16. The film itself is a post-apocalyptic graffiti fantasy that picks up where its short precursor, 2008’s Wastedland, left off.
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The documentary shows both the young artists struggling to express themselves through their art, and their points of view on the subject of graffiti, as well as the views of then New York City Mayor Ed Koch, one-armed, now deceased graffiti writer Case/Kase 2, graffiti writer Skeme and his mother, graffiti 'villain' Cap, now deceased graffiti writers Dondi, and Shy 147. Seen graffiti documentarian (and co-producer of the film) Henry Chalfant, breakdancer Crazy Legs of Rock Steady Crew, police officers, art critics, subway maintenance workers, as well as several 'people on the street'.

While Style Wars promoted the idea that graffiti is a form of creative expression, not every person within the film held this same belief. In fact, throughout the film we see ways in which institutions such as the government and law enforcement tried arduously to prevent graffiti in New York City. For example, the city spent a large sum of money on negative subway advertisements that portrayed graffiti as a crime. On top of this, the mayor (who at the time was Ed Koch) pushed for the building of fences, with the intent of blocking off the entrances to subways, where graffiti artists would create their work. Additionally, he had police guard dogs put into these areas to scare away those who may enter. Both Koch and The New York City Police Department rallied endlessly at an attempt to convince the city’s youth that graffiti is vandalism and that if they participated in it they would ruin their futures.

Another perspective on graffiti shown in this film is that of well known artists. Many of them state that the reason why these teens spray paint murals on the sides of buildings is because they do not have any other place to do so, not because they want to intentionally break the law. Additionally, these individuals see potential for those that are involved in the culture beyond the streets. In the same way, they appreciate the art while simultaneously disagreeing with exactly how they do it. This in a way makes them middlemen within this documentary.

Reception[edit]

In 2009, A. O. Scott of The New York Times examined the film:

'Style Wars is a work of art in its own right too, because it doesn't just record what these artists are doing, it somehow absorbs their spirit and manages to communicate it across the decades so that we can find ourselves, so many years later, in the city, understanding what made it beautiful.'^[5]

A 2018 review from The New Yorker also recommends the film, citing its soundtrack and its ability to capture the historical moment it centers on.^[6]

Featured graffiti artists[edit]

• Demon
• Se3
• Spank
• Skeme
• Ces 157
• Min 1 (NE)
• Quik
• Sach
• DUSTER UA
• Revolt
• Wasp 1
• D-5
• Trap
• Butch
• Zone
• Kid 167
• rafael 666
• Cap
• Shy 147
• Seen TC5
• Daze
• Paze
• Cey
• Fred
• Duro

Featured break dancers[edit]

Featured music[edit]

• '8th Wonder' by The Sugarhill Gang
• 'The Message' by Grandmaster Flash
• 'Beat Bop' by Rammellzee and K-Rob
• 'Pump Me Up' by Trouble Funk
• 'The Wanderer' by Dion
• 'Rockin' It' by The Fearless Four
• 'Jam Hot' by Johnny Dynell
• 'Feel The Heartbeat' by Treacherous Three

DVD release[edit]

The digitally remastered DVD edition also contains:

• 23 minutes of outtake footage
• Commentary and interviews by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant
• Interviews with Style Wars editors Victor Kanefsky and Sam Pollard
• Art galleries by Blade, Cap, Cey, Crash, Crazy Legs, Daze, Dez, Dondi, Doze, Duro, Duster, Frosty Freeze, IZ the Wiz, Case/Kase 2, Kel First, Ken Swift, Lee, Mare139, Min One, Noc 167, Paze (Erni), Lady Pink, Quik, Rammellzee, Revolt, Sach, Seen UA, Shy 147, Skeme, Rafael 666, Tracy 168, and Zephyr
• Tributes to Dondi and Shy 147
• Guest interviews with Blade, Lee, Kel First, Seen, Tracy 168, Cap, MIN (NE), QUIK, IZ the Wiz, Fab 5 Freddy, Goldie, Guru, DJ Red Alert, and photographer Martha Cooper

2011 restoration auction[edit]

On June 9, 2011 it was announced that Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea along with actors Brad Pitt and James Franco and director Spike Jonze were donating items to an eBay auction that would raise money for restoring the film negatives for Style Wars. The auction ended on June 11, 2011.^[7]

References in other media[edit]

DJ Mutt used quotes from the movie in his song titled 'Big Lights, Big City' taken from his album Treading Water. Black Star used a clip from the movie in the intro to the song 'Respiration' on the Black Star album. The Drum and Bass group Ganja Kru, composed of DJ Hype, DJ Zinc, and Pascal, used quotes from the movie in their song titled 'Plague That Never Ends'. Swedish band The Radio Dept. used audio samples from the film in their single 'Never Follow Suit' from the album Clinging to a Scheme.^[8]

Archive[edit]

Many film elements from Style Wars, including outtakes, are housed at the Academy Film Archive as part of the Tony Silver Collection.^[9]

References[edit]

1. ^Style Wars (eVideo, 2011)-WorldCat.org
2. ^AllMovie
3. ^Fox, Margalit (5 March 2008). 'Tony Silver, 72, Documentary Director, Dies'. New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
4. ^MUBI
5. ^Scott, A.O. 'Critics' Picks: 'Style Wars' - The New York Times'. Critics' Picks: Style Wars. New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
6. ^'The New Yorker Recommends: 'Style Wars' and the Dawn of Hip-Hop Culture'. www.newyorker.com. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
7. ^'Flea donates bass guitar to charity auction'. Express.co.uk. 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
8. ^'The Radio Dept. - Never Follow Suit (Song Lyrics)'. The Radio Dept. Official Site. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
9. ^'Tony Silver Collection'. Academy Film Archive.

External links[edit]

• Style Wars on IMDb
• Style Wars on Rotten Tomatoes
• Style Wars on Folkstreams

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Bomb It is an international graffiti and street art documentary directed by Jon Reiss^[1] and premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Filmed on five continents, featuring cities such as New York, Cape Town, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Berlin and Sao Paulo, Bomb It explores the interplay between worldwide graffiti movements, the global proliferation of 'Quality of Life' laws, and the fight for control over public space.

Graffiti artists across the globe joined forces with Reiss to create the film which features original footage from many controversial graffiti writers beginning with the first graffiti writer Cornbread, to those who saw the take-off of the art, TAKI 183 to more contemporary writers Shepard Fairey and Os Gemeos.^[2]

In addition to TAKI 183, the film features Tracy 168, Terrible T-Kid 170, Cope2, Stay High 149, KRS-One, Revs, 2esae, Zephyr, Cornbread, DAIM, Blek le Rat, Shuck2, Ash, Skuf, Revok, Ron English, Chaz Bojorquez, Lady Pink, Mear One, Urban Theorists Stefano Bloch (UCLA Dept. of Urban Planning and University of Arizona) and Susan Phillips (Pitzer College), actor and filmmaker Russ Kingston,^[3] Pez, Sixe, Falko, Faith47, Zezão [pt], Ise, Kenor & Kode, Scage, Mickey, Chino, and Ket.^[4]

George Kelling, co-author of Broken Windows, an Atlantic Monthly article^[5] that formed the basis for Rudy Giuliani's widely imitated gentrification campaign, was interviewed for this film.^[6]

Reception[edit]

The New York Times wrote, “Bomb It” isn’t the first documentary to address the history and evolution of graffiti culture, and it probably won’t be the last. But what distinguishes Jon Reiss’s lively, sure-handed film from the rest is that it widens the spectrum by taking a comprehensively international viewpoint.'^[7]

Bomb It 2[edit]

The sequel Bomb It 2 (2010) was commissioned as a web series exclusively for the digital broadcast network Babelgum and expands the global reach of Jon Reiss’ exploration of graffiti and street art into new and unexplored areas of Asia and South East Asia, the Middle East as well as Europe, the United States and Australia.

Continuing his investigation of the most subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international youth culture, Reiss travelled by himself to Bangkok, Jakarta, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv, Palestinian refugee camps on the West Bank, Perth, Melbourne, Copenhagen, Chicago and Austin. Artists featured include Klone, KnowHope, GreatBates, Zero Cents, Foma <3, INSPIRE 1, Darbotz, Killer Gerbil, Bon, Alex Face, Sloke, Husk Mit Navn, Ash, Phibs, Stormie Mills, Beejoir and many more.^[8]

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References[edit]

1. ^Montero, Patrick (April 23, 2008). ''Bomb It' looks at all sides of graffiti issue'. New York Daily News.
2. ^Guerrasio, Jason (March 12, 2007). 'TRIBECA ANNOUNCES COMPETITION AND SPOTLIGHT SELECTIONS'. Filmmaker.
3. ^'Jon Reiss Interview in culturenow.com'. Bombit-themovie.com. June 24, 2008.
4. ^'Bomb It (2007)'. IMDb. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
5. ^Kelling, George L.; Wilson, James Q. 'Broken Windows: The police and neighborhood safety'. The Atlantic (March 1982).
6. ^'Entertainment News, Headlines and Video - CBS News'. Showbuzz.cbsnews.com. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-07-19.^{[dead link]}
7. ^Kern, Laura (April 25, 2008). 'Getting to Graffiti Art's Roots'. The New York Times.
8. ^'Bomb It About | BOMB IT'. Blog.bombit-themovie.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.

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• Bomb It on IMDb
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• 'Bomb It' looks at all sides of graffiti issue April 2008 interview with the New York Daily News.