Movie Watchin Wednesday

Nov. 12 "Bomb It" (2008)

Re:Nov. 12 "Bomb It" (2008)

I liked this, it was quite entertaining.

One thought: they lumped in very artistic graffiti with crap graffiti with no seperation. Gang graffiti  shouldn't be considred art.

The movie made me want to start drawing again. :)

Re:Nov. 12 "Bomb It" (2008)

As a designer, and a fan of graffiti and graffiti-style, I really enjoyed this documentary.  It was very interesting to get a "behind the scenes" view of the mindsets behind the bombers and artists, and to see how the philosophies around the world vary. 

Like Kizmar mentioned, I don't think Reiss effectively made distictions within the culture enough... while he showed the many facets, it felt he lumped them all together.  To me, there is clear distinction between actual urban street artists, bombers, gang taggers, and blatant vandalism. 

All said and done, I still think this was fantastic, and it was very intriguing for me to see the motivations of graffiti artists - especially in other countries.

Re:Nov. 12 "Bomb It" (2008)

I really enjoyed this as well too.   I found a lot of similarities and paralells to the sneaker documentary we watched a few weeks back.  Seems like there is a lot of connection between the cultures, and I guess both would fall loosely under the category of 'hip hop culture'. 

I'll confess to being a petty vandal/grafitti artist in my younger days, starting out drawing on my school desk in grade school.  I found I had this sudden urge to go and buy a bunch of Magnum markers and Krylon paints after watching 'Bomb It'...  it was really inspiring to see some of the artists using their medium to express social concerns, as well as to bring a little light to some otherwise dismal lives.

pairadocs:

As a designer, and a fan of graffiti and graffiti-style, I really enjoyed this documentary.  It was very interesting to get a "behind the scenes" view of the mindsets behind the bombers and artists, and to see how the philosophies around the world vary. 

Like Kizmar mentioned, I don't think Reiss effectively made distictions within the culture enough... while he showed the many facets, it felt he lumped them all together.  To me, there is clear distinction between actual urban street artists, bombers, gang taggers, and blatant vandalism. 

All said and done, I still think this was fantastic, and it was very intriguing for me to see the motivations of graffiti artists - especially in other countries.