Ended on 5/1/2008
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BOMB IT -
(unrated)
2007 - USA - English / French / German / Japanese / Spanish - 93 minutes
Directed by: John Reiss
Featuring: Code2, Kid Acne, Antonio, Bel-Kia, Chikhi, Ron English, Faith47, Mr Ice, Neon, Lady Pink.
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 BOMB IT is an explosive new documentary from award-winning director Jon Reiss, (BETTER LIVING THROUGH CIRCUITRY) which investigates the most subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international youth culture: graffiti. Featuring street artists and top graffiti writers from 5 continents Bomb It is the first film to update the story of graffiti with a truly international perspective.
Through interviews and guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action on 5 continents, BOMB IT. The film tells the story of graffiti from its origins in prehistoric cave paintings thru its notorious explosion in New York City during the 70's and 80's, then follows the flames as they paint the globe. Featuring old school legends and current favorites such as Taki 183, Cornbread, Stay High 149, T-Kid, Cope 2, Zephyr, Revs, Os Gemeos, KET, Chino, Shepard Fairey, Revok, and Mear One. This cutting edge documentary tracks down today's most innovative and pervasive street artists as they battle for control over the urban visual landscape. You'll never look at public space the same way again.
BOMB IT was shot in Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tijuana, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg, Berlin, Cape Town, São Paulo, and Tokyo.
"Just watch. And get yo damn ass excited!" -Camille Dodero, The Village Voice
"Bomb It" is an outstanding view of a fascinating and creative underground community. . . . the film is a work of art in its own right. -The Advocate
This film, shot beautifully, years in the making and brilliantly edited, is designed to make you think and reconsider assumptions about public space. - Juxtapose Magazine
"The high-energy "Bomb It" presents an in-depth, and extremely entertaining, look at the history of graffiti from gifted music video director Jon Reiss…This is a New York movie through and through, and so passionate it may (briefly) convince you that a clean subway train is a crime. " -Elizabeth Weitzman, The New York Daily News
“There is a wealth of ideas disseminated in Jon Reiss’s Bomb It! It’s been a while since this reviewer has been prompted repeatedly to think and found it so entertaining. Again, don’t miss this one!” -The Evening Class
Bomb It! is a fresh, fierce look at the history and theory of a phenomenon that, at first glance, seems to not have either; it didn't make up my mind on how I felt about graffiti, but it conveyed the excitement and energy and contradictions of it while providing plenty to think about. -Cinematical
"Reiss has a knack for knowing where the action is, and he never does things half way. So if he expends the effort to document graffiti, one is likely to learn something new. And “Bomb It! The Global Graffiti Documentary” delivers the goods." Skot Armstrong Artillery Magazine
“At the core of the film is a poignant social statement about public space and the war being waged for it by major corporations, the forces of gentrification, and the street artist rebels that express themselves on urban surfaces around the world. We'll never think the same way again about public space again.” -IGN.com
"Coming at you with lightning speed, Bomb It explodes onto the screen, heralding its arrival and offering a heaping dose of invigorating energy surrounding the world of graffiti, and how that world is split up and examined. – Slashfilm.com
“Told in a kinetic style that mirrors the "action painting" style of its artists, [Bomb It] is wildly entertaining, using its visual style and urban music to fantastic effect." -Sandy Mandelberger, Film21.com
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