AG is a narrative masterfully poised (late summer, 1962) at the brink of a big culture shift, that is BEFORE: the Viet Nam War got more consuming; the civil rights movement expanded (& produced its accompanying legislation); the womens’ rights movement began to bud; the Beatles and the counterculture changed American rock and roll; and safety and mileage standards were mandated for automobiles, changing this industry. The enduring success of this film is largely owed to the writers’ letting the 6 protagonists’ own lives suggest what was to follow by the decade’s end. They are allowed to be themselves in a time and place and we watch with trepidation and irony, wondering how the future will interrupt them. It was no small achievement to resist spelling things out via screenwriter’s hindsight. Lucas was also wise NOT to place his story in a major urban center like the affluent northeastern suburbs or, more likely, Southern California. Fresno was the ideal choice for AG’s
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July 2nd, 2010 at 2:04 pm
“The Graffiti Artist”
Art Frees You
Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride
I sat down today to watch James Bolton’s “The Graffiti Artist” having no idea what to expect except that I had read mixed reviews. As a reviewer myself, I am very distrustful of what others say until I decide myself so I cleared my mind and sat back and waited for the movie to suck me in.
Set in an urban landscape, Nick, and finds himself a young post-modern boy is our hero. His agenda is to paint the walls of downtown Seattle and Portland. The walls represent capitalistic oppression to him as well as places that are just waiting to be exploited and to show his anger with the status quo. His bywords of “rupture the system’ are his calling card and his life as a “tagger” seems to be his only desire. He worked alone until he met Jesse, another young tagger. The murals that they collaborate on seem to be the products of their kindred spirits. However, what they assume about each other is soon challenged and because of uncompromising political, ethical and emotional ideas, their relationship soon dissolves.
We go deep into the mind of a tagger ad examine the sub-culture of graffiti. Nick has exiled himself from society and belongs nowhere. He wanders within thoughts of ethical, professional, sexual and moral conflicts. He feels constantly confronted ad his response is through direct experience–graffiti. His desire to survive ad his struggle to do so in a way that challenges the conventions of the society in which he lives is what the film is all about.
There is not a great deal of dialogue in the film and it is not really necessary anyway. The beauty and surrealism of the story and the background music by Kid Loco causes the spoken word to be secondary in a film like this. Nick or “Rupture” as he tags himself manages to get in trouble with the law and moves from Portland to Seattle where he meets Jesse who tags himself “Flip”. The two begin to tag together and develop a relationship and move in to live together. They become sexually intimate in one of the most sensuous scenes, albeit understated, ever filmed. Jesse becomes quite uncomfortable with the sexual feelings and goes back to Portland and poor Nick is left behind, alone. But the relationship plays only a small part in the film–it s more important to concentrate on what a fine artist Nick is and to what limits he will go to show it.
The movie is almost like a dream that takes the viewer into the life of a graffiti artist.
There is a little of Nick in all of us and we see this as the movie asks questions that are valid to all–the kinds of questions that should be asked more often. We get a look at a society as anonymous and see the need of individual expression; Nick represents both our hopes and our fears. He does what everyone wants and he does what he loves to do, compromising nothing in the process but he pays a very dear price for it. He lets us see that one who wants a self-determined life can indeed have one and he refuses to adapt to common constraints of society. He, therefore, faces the coldness of that society strongly and fearfully. The movie is not so much the story of a teenager but is more the story of social problems.
Ruben Bansie-Snellman is Nick, the teenager who lives a solitary life and commits himself to tagging under the name of “Rupture”. He is a man against the world and his portrayal is a thing of beauty. He owns the movie and his magnetism helps him to create a character that is simple in his complexities. Snellman is Nick ad he ropes us in on his first appearance on the screen.
This is a beautiful and personal movie that has gone unnoticed. It is in no way mainstream cinema as it deals with urban art. It is not an easy movie to watch but you will feel rewarded when you see it. It is a gem and many of us will be able to relate to Nick–for that alone, it is worth a view.
July 3rd, 2010 at 1:37 am
Sorry heads, this movie ain’t it.
Garbage cinematography aside, the mere dialogue in this picture is horrible. I believe the review calls it “sparse.” Truth is, George MF’n Lucas would write a better script to this, and that ain’t no compliment.
You want a real good contemporary graff film? Go check out “Quality of Life.”
July 3rd, 2010 at 2:07 pm
i like graffitti movies so i bought this ,
and right off the bat it has tha cheesy graff flick feel, but is put together good almost like BOMB THE System ,
but this was before that.it tries to show the relationship between graffti art and gang graffitti and the violence between the two,
hehhh.
but sooner than you think it turns into a an homo-erotic love storie about two juvenille boys , in the streets,
its has a preachy vibe and its really a weak plot. sad ending, ive given the director his due for taking on this story like this
but it think the majority of its target audience wont relate to the homosexual charcters..
get Bomb The System Instead,
July 4th, 2010 at 1:49 am
Graffiti Artist – 3 1/2 *’s
The simplicity of this film is inspiring; minimal dialogue, no over the top drama, just an artist creating, a kid “being”. I feel the film makers did a tremendous job of creating this believable reality and expressing such emotional depth with such minimal verbiage. An invisible kid living on the streets of Seattle, gifting society with his art that most would consider “worthless” Graffiti.
July 4th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
I saw this movie when I was a teen and after all these years, it’s still a feel good movie. I highly recommend it.
July 5th, 2010 at 2:29 am
American Graffiti (1973) ***1/2 |C–112 min.| D: George Lucas. Richard Dreyfuss, Ronny Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charlie Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams, Wolfman Jack, Harrison Ford. PG
Pre-STAR WARS George Lucas was still an enormous talent. Here is a film that almost was never produced, that everyone in the studios hated, and that was sure to be a bomb. It then went on to become the highest grossing (percentage wise) film of all time. It’s a wild and rambunctious story of the coming-of-age of four guys on the night before they leave for college. It’s a quick-witted story full of rye and rowdy humour for everyone to enjoy. Although it’s a little over the top sometimes, we can still sit through it and be swept away by its originality. It was a movie ahead of its time, even though it’s set nearly ten years before it was released. Better than most of the coming of age films which are nothing but a bunch of dumb, doped up teenagers in frat parties. The soundtrack is a swimming medley of all the popular songs of the 1960s. George Lucas made the right choice not to have any real soundtrack going on, but instead chose to have just the music from the radios of the cars as the music. Feels a little too long in some points, but ultimately it’s a good movie, without a lot of fluff to slow it down.
July 5th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Fun music!!! Fun people!!! What more can I say? This movie accurately depicts a night of cruising back in the 60’s, at least where I grew up in California. I will still be rocking out to this movie when I’m in the old folks home.
July 6th, 2010 at 2:06 am
American Graffiti has always been one of my favorite movies; I have absolutely NO critcism of the film. I would rate the movie itself with 5 stars. But… this review is in regard the extremely poor quality of the DVD. I am purplexed that many say the DVD picture qualtiy is good, because that is my major complaint. The scenes are all extremely dark; you can barely see what is going on even after adjusting the light levels on your televison. I played this DVD on a HDTV 50 inch large screen televison – maybe if I played it on an old tube TV the picture quality would have been better?? Also.. as others noted, the sound quality is not as good as the original film. Very disappointing purchase – I expected better picture and sound quality from a DVD.
July 6th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
American Graffiti (1973) ***1/2 |C–112 min.| D: George Lucas. Richard Dreyfuss, Ronny Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charlie Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams, Wolfman Jack, Harrison Ford. PG
Pre-STAR WARS George Lucas was still an enormous talent. Here is a film that almost was never produced, that everyone in the studios hated, and that was sure to be a bomb. It then went on to become the highest grossing (percentage wise) film of all time. It’s a wild and rambunctious story of the coming-of-age of four guys on the night before they leave for college. It’s a quick-witted story full of rye and rowdy humour for everyone to enjoy. Although it’s a little over the top sometimes, we can still sit through it and be swept away by its originality. It was a movie ahead of its time, even though it’s set nearly ten years before it was released. Better than most of the coming of age films which are nothing but a bunch of dumb, doped up teenagers in frat parties. The soundtrack is a swimming medley of all the popular songs of the 1960s. George Lucas made the right choice not to have any real soundtrack going on, but instead chose to have just the music from the radios of the cars as the music. Feels a little too long in some points, but ultimately it’s a good movie, without a lot of fluff to slow it down.
July 7th, 2010 at 2:06 am
American Graffiti has always been one of my favorite movies; I have absolutely NO critcism of the film. I would rate the movie itself with 5 stars. But… this review is in regard the extremely poor quality of the DVD. I am purplexed that many say the DVD picture qualtiy is good, because that is my major complaint. The scenes are all extremely dark; you can barely see what is going on even after adjusting the light levels on your televison. I played this DVD on a HDTV 50 inch large screen televison – maybe if I played it on an old tube TV the picture quality would have been better?? Also.. as others noted, the sound quality is not as good as the original film. Very disappointing purchase – I expected better picture and sound quality from a DVD.
July 7th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
I saw this movie when I was a teen and after all these years, it’s still a feel good movie. I highly recommend it.
July 8th, 2010 at 2:25 am
Fun music!!! Fun people!!! What more can I say? This movie accurately depicts a night of cruising back in the 60’s, at least where I grew up in California. I will still be rocking out to this movie when I’m in the old folks home.