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Style Wars (1983)

"When director Tony Silver and co-producer Henry Chalfant delivered the broadcast version of their prize-winning film to PBS in 1983, the world received its first full immersion in the phenomenon that had taken over New York City. The urban landscape was physically transformed by graffiti artists who invented a new visual language to express both their individuality, and the voice of their community. In STYLE WARS, New York's ramshackle subway system is their public playground, battleground, and spectacular artistic canvas. As MC's, DJ's and B-boys rock the city with new sounds and new moves, we see street corner breakdance battles turn into performance art." -amazon.com
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Rocketcab
Posted 12 days ago
The most fun and nostalgic video I've ever seen.___Having grown-up in NYC's subways throughout the Eighties, this took me all-the-way back to my youth.___The concerned mom (featured in this documentary) was one of my favorite contributors.___It was also refreshing to see the likes of Ed Koch and Richard Ravitch (among others), who are still quite popular, to this day.___Most important, however, was that I finally got to see "SEEN" for the first time.___He was a legend !!!___Too bad I missed viewing this when it originally aired on PBS.___Oh, well, what's a couple of decades between friends (LOL) ???___This is (or, at least, should be) required viewing for every Eighties fan...... Oh, by-the-way, did anyone notice how physically "fit" my generation was in those days ???___Kids of comparable age today, though more "behaved", are way-less-energetic and a lot-more-like "buterballs", complete with their commercially acceptable forms of self-expression.___There, I've said it !!!___And that, in no way, means that I condone vandalism.___It's just an observation.
Once again, "thanks for the memories".
---TROY---
mangina
Posted 165 days ago
normally poeple play video games douche bag, not watch them....
Ebony
Posted 200 days ago
I would kill that guy that ruins all the art if I were them.
paul
Posted 234 days ago
2 words
THANK YOU!!
name
Posted 238 days ago
are you retarded this is like 20 years ago now if anyone writes graffiti theyll b lookin at jail time
dawn
Posted 275 days ago
wonderful work !!! Art is art and thank goodness these young people are expressing themselves artistically and physically through dance
Much better than watching video games all day !!!
 

 


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