Style Wars documentary

[prima]

don't know if this was posted here yet, if so mods feel free to delete/move.

Figured some people out there haven't seen this and might be interested.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5065949310221269915&hl=en

"Style Wars is an early documentary on hip hop culture, made by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant, made in New York City in the early 1980s. The film has an emphasis on graffiti, although breakdancing and rapping are covered to a lesser extent. The film was originally aired on PBS television in 1983, and was subsequently shown in several film festivals to much acclaim, including the Vancouver Film Festival. Style Wars 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 graffiti writer Case/Kase 2, graffiti writer Skeme and his mother, graffiti "villain" Cap, now deceased graffiti writer Dondi, Seen and Shy 147, graffiti documentarian (and director of the film) Henry Chalfant, world renowned breakdancer Crazy Legs, police officers, art critics, subway maintenance workers, as well as several "people on the street". Style Wars gives a remarkable view into the graffiti subculture (as well as urban New York City life in the 1980s), documents the embryonic stages of New York City Hip Hop, and shows that its members were a racially and ethnically diverse group of creative young artists."

[Pandemonium]

Hmm... a lot of graffiti has lost its meaning lately.

Most of the 'graffiti' we find in Melbourne are tags...

[Larry Bird]

style wars was a huge influence for me early on...a few years ago SEEN came down to paint here at the wall of fame...all i remember is being hella fucked up with Fetus and going up to him singing the song from his part in style wars, ya know "im the kinda guy that likes to get around"..he just kinda laughed and signed my blackbook...dude looked the same...its like he barely aged.

[dphi]

I love the special edition DVD since it has recent interviews with a lot of the artists from the movie. Interesting to see what they're up to now.

[JayPee]

Style wars, Beat Street, WIld style, Route 666, Cope 2 kings destroy, Writers Bench..

So many goodies out there