Style Wars is a Hip Hop documentary that follows the rise of the golden age. Essentially it captures the essence of New York's old school uprising and colourful history while also focusing on the birth of graffiti as an art form.
This film from the 1980s packs heaps of artwork into 70 minutes as it follows the lives of gifted writers around the train systems of NY. Going into the mind of these artist, its clear to see that living for your artwork and expressing yourself is more important than getting caught. The documentary also includes interviews with the local law enforcement that believe graffiti as an act of vandalism. And they fail terribly with attempts to restrict this iconic movement.
Deep in the roots of this movie are the core elements of true Hip Hop. From the B-Boy breaks to the great soundtrack with pioneers such as Grand Master Flash and The Sugarhill Gang, its only too easy to wish that you could have been part of such an era.
I would definitely recommend anyone to get a hold of this great documentary even if you are not entirely interested in Hip Hop.
Song in the trailer is "8th Wonder" by the Sugarhill Gang
Loved Exit Through The Giftshop and am a keen artist myself. Love graffiti too (the good kind, if you know what I mean)
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Don't think I've seen a hip hop documentary before, I think I might watch this.
ReplyDeleteKinda cool, thanks for the review. I'll make sure to watch this sometimes soon
ReplyDeleteThe documentary looks interesting. I'll have to check it out.
ReplyDeletesounds pretty cool. definitely will check it out!
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ReplyDeleteOk i'll have to go get it soon, seems really good :)
ReplyDeletethx for the review
ReplyDeleteDocumentaries are usually not my thing, but I think I might check this one out.
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ReplyDeleteI like documentaries, maybe Ill look this one up.
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This looks interesting, any documentary about NYC is good.
ReplyDeleteLooks good. I really enjoy documentaries.
ReplyDeletethanks for the review...it looks very promising!
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Well NYC sure has changed.. A lot since then. That culture doesn't really exist anymore!
ReplyDeleteAwesome blog, gonna check out the documentary!
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ReplyDeleteNever heard of this before, it would be interesting
ReplyDeleteGood stuff mister, post more about it, if you can.
ReplyDeletehaha i love the graffiti on the train, wish i could do one in my bedroom without getting yelled at
ReplyDeleteInteresting stuff, gotta check it out when I can.
ReplyDeleteThis movie made me go outside and start tagging.
ReplyDeletegreat video. it's awesome!!!
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this is hands down one of the best i have ever seen, i saw it like 3 years ago and it has stayed on point. It makes me miss catching tags
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the vid. Great post. Ill be back.
ReplyDeleteI love that doc. Scratch is another great hip hop related doc, as well as 5 Sides of a Coin and The Freshest Kids.
ReplyDeletemh. Graffiti is cool and nice but I dont like the vandalism aspect of it. I knew some ppl who tagged as well and I disliked it.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm gonna check out the documentary soon. Thank you for this post.
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ReplyDeleteIts interesting they're documenting the cops reactions as well. I haven't seen it, but I think graffiti should be one of the lowest priorities on a police force's list.
ReplyDeleteNice graffiti art!
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ReplyDeleteCool, i'll look it up later :)
ReplyDeleteI like music films, dont know about documentaries, i might give it a try.
ReplyDeleteGreat video!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review, gonna check this out soon!
ReplyDeleteI'd never heard that song before. Thanks
ReplyDeleteWierd for it to be based in 1982. Haha nice song though
ReplyDeletelove the song in the vid :P
ReplyDeleteSounds cool.
ReplyDeleteGraffiti is an art, i will not deny that but I'm not a fan of the fact that once placed without the owners consent it is there forever unless the owner wants to repaint it.
ReplyDeleteThen again, it's only my viewpoint, every now and again you do see some nice work. ;)
You have to admit, some of the rhymes from the Sugarhill Gang sounded like they painted themselves into a corner, and had to use silly rhymes to get out of it...
ReplyDeleteBut still, awesome track. Following!
A nice vid!
ReplyDeletenice blog name "i used to love her" i can say the same ^^
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Grandmaster Flash is one of the all-time greats.
ReplyDeletelooks awesome, def gonna check it out
ReplyDeleteI love docs, ill have to check it out. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI really wanna see this.
ReplyDeletenever been into hip hop but i'll give it a go
ReplyDeleteThis looks excellent. I love that image at the top, what amazing composition.
ReplyDeleteWhoa it looks awesome and the cover picture is amazing, thank you for sharing, following now =)
ReplyDeleteNice photo man, captures something
ReplyDeleteHeh, imma watch this now - good post indeed!
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ReplyDeleteThis documentary is ridiculously good. Thanx for this post.
ReplyDeleteMy mate was telling me about this last week. We're gonna rent it out
ReplyDeletenot bad. I misread at first - read 'Star Wars'. lol.
ReplyDeleteAwesome video, Would watch again!
ReplyDeleteI checked the trailer, It looks quite awesome, thank you for sharing again! Take care =)
ReplyDeleteTrailer looks good
ReplyDeleteLove documentaries. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSounds interesting...
ReplyDeleteurban art? I will have to check that one out
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ReplyDeleteThis looks interesting, I'll check it out..
ReplyDeleteSeems interesting, I'll have to check it out.
ReplyDeletewow, thats great stuff
ReplyDeleteA doc on tagging? Might have to look this up
ReplyDeleteI watched this in artschool. Very good film.
ReplyDeleteCan't get enough of true hip-hop culture background. Thanks for the info!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of making a documentary like this. Good work.
ReplyDeletehip hop is not my favourite kind of music , but maybe i will start changing my mind, your blog is very awesome i ll include it in my morning coffe ;)
ReplyDeleteSeems like a cool documentry =)
ReplyDeleteIt's a nice documentary, I'm going to watch it out, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThat guy in the suit looks a little edgy sitting there.
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