A must-see for any graffiti fan or writer. Unfortunately, it’s out-of-print now, so in order to own it, you might end up paying more than it’s actually worth. Too bad, because it comes with a supplementary booklet (about 40 pages) featuring interviews with writers featured in the film, photos, as well as director’s and narrator’s statements. The DVD alone is filled with about 2 hours of bonus painting footage and interviews, including a 30-minute slideshow set to music used in the film. It’s also worth noting that it doesn’t come in a half-baked, generic plastic case. It comes in considerably well-designed paper casing, covered in nicely stylized artwork featuring crew and artist tags. Unfortunately, given the price you might end up paying for it today, I could only suggest buying it to those who love buying things at outrageously high prices or those who can afford it.I got the last used one that was under 20 dollars. I had seen the movie on Netflix a year back and it’s what made me
Does this piece of graffiti mean anything?
Often you’ll see things like “war” or “Bush” scribbled onto stop signs (aren’t we clever?.. Graffiti Pieces Alphabet ;P), but frequently I’m seeing “ABC” written under the “stop”. Does “STOP ABC” actually mean something, or could this petty vandal simply not think of anything better to write? Is the alphabet something that needs to be stopped or something? :S
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July 18th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Get tons of compliments on this piece! Very unique and very reasonably priced. LOVE IT!
July 19th, 2010 at 3:15 am
The trailer for this movie really got me pumped. But i was honestly dissapointed once the movie began. cheesey narrarator on a low budget.
Luckily, what saved this movie and made it worth buying….. was the fact that theres is alot of history in this documentary. He was able to gather pics and videos from when it all began in SF, all the way upto date. The special features was acually my favorite part. Lots of bombing.
Like i said, im not sure what i was expecting, but i was indeed expecting more out of the acual production of the film.
What makes this movie worth buying is the acual raw info.
if you care to know how SF came up, this movie is for you.
July 19th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Man this video is sick. I am from the midwest and went out to San Fran in the late 90’s for a trip. I met a bunch of writers that are featured in this video so it was really nuts to see a bunch of pieces I have pictures of in the movie.
Anyway if you are into writing or have hooks into the Bay Area art scene then this movie is definitely for you.
July 20th, 2010 at 3:34 am
I don’t know if we could go back to the days of the original Style Wars but this new era is way different from back then. I mean back then people made two or three dollars an hour if even. Also the televison would go off all day and may show one channel and one channel only. I guess this is why people rack for fun. But this is Piece By Piece. This movie has music in the background and has picture stills along with it. It’s still illegal and why people do this is still controversial. The original cry was vandalism and still is.
July 20th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
My alternative high school art students love this one; a colorful documentary of the San Francisco street artists scene (includes foul language). When I show the movie I talk about The NY Brooklyn Museum graffiti art exhibit of a couple of years ago and mention that art collectors now purchase legal graffiti art. I do discourage illegal street art and encourage legal painting. The DVD shows street art styles.
July 21st, 2010 at 3:36 am
Unique genius. Underground art culture from a new perspective. Metaphorical- yet playful, stencil art. Banksy, is simply the best ever at this particular realm of artistry.
July 21st, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Well, I too say “every wall, a potential museum!” However, only with quality: “Write or draw anything you want, just so it’s better than the blank page or bare wall.” (A criterion whitsch few today will value, respect…) In these regard, I think that Bansky, is one who “has not lived in vein.” (Like Garry Trudeau of Donesbury. Like Deb Tannen of books on human communication. Heck, like the very best graffiti artists world wide.)
What animates him? What perhaps-immature pulsion? (Propulsion; compulsion?) But “sublimation” is useful (foundation of civilization said Freud). His wild stallion sublimmitated to a workhorse of social utility? No matter, I’m just glad he did all this, and got it photographed also. An “indispensable small tessera in the big Mosaic of artistry” so to speek.
Is it social criticism, via satire? (Satire = the “mocking and ridiculing of human vices and follies.”) But somebody said, for good satire you need high criteria, a worthy target, your own fiery outrage–but also a touch of like wit, whee, sprezzatura, elan, insuechiance, artistic tork, like that. Otherwise it’s mere “complaining.” I buy that and with Bansky do you get both slam and also suave? Seems-like.
Oh also, true “style,” as somebody else defined as “attainment and restraint.” (Again, a standard whitsch few today will even comprehend…) Like it sure does Get There, but then stops short of excess. True in morals, art¡ athletics! Does Banksky’s subtle tones of wry, achieve this, elevate his work from mere splat-in-public-face? It can for me. Car karkass painted zebra-striped. Kid dangelling from a McDonalds balloon. Less mere dumb wham, than lite-touche whee.
His verbal explications do seem to reflect a facile rebelliousness, social criticism on steroids? His verbal is less than his visual thus? Maybe “just an excuse”? (Like when the big Gilbert & George retrospective came to the Milwaukee Public Museum, I was sardonically amused to hear the “docents” there stumbelling over them selves, trying to legitimize, justify, validate what I at least see as G. & G.’s facile self-pleasing experimental sneaky sensationalist careerism. (They mouth “art for all, liberation,” etc.–but then draw trendie skatologie and etc.) True, at least a dozen valid artistries from the 500 pages of their retrospective book. How much of Bansky will remane indispensable after all?
Well, what are your Bansky faves? Oh my best is that slamming juxtaposition of Ronald McDonald, Mickie Mouse, but in the center, the nude crying girl running from the Mei Lie massacre. Other items have the acerbic byte also. But I do like the whimsie. That zebra car-cass–gentle touche. An ATM spewing out faik Princess Dy money, in a trump l’oeuil affect on the wall–a dance of sort’s. So many other stencils of people on the wall. I can say: “Yes, an attempt was made, this peopelizes the urban terrain so, why not.” Let other’s do as well–in their own wais of koarse…
Some Banksy stuff is just suave. “Designated riot area”–that’s rye! “Register before committing graffiti” on a subway car–that’s an eye-wink! “Mind the crap” outside off a museum or pareil–thats a tork of the British “mind the step” meening “dont tripe on the stareway.” And “Polite Line, Don¡¦t Get Cross”–thats less kornie nice-nice, than style-ish mockerie deservedly. In a painting of Monets, “lillie pond with bridge,” shopping karts lie a skew half-submerged–thats the social criticism salved by the sauce of deft. Oh, and the sharks fins apparently floating in an urban park pond. Less intrusive via in-your-faice Social Crit or pareil, than just “wow look but then float easy I get it what is it.” Also the traffik koans. First, artfully-reformed ones and thats saying “art anywhere and why not”(think Japanese minimal garnishes in the quotidian diurnal mundane…) Then, a koan on top of hedd of statute in the park, like a dunces cap. Again “Y knott.” No, art does not always have to be like Matisse famous paragraph “an easy chair for tired businessman at end of day” like. But I like “subversive whimsy” as my own cartoons show (70-p. book). As in on a wall, stencil of a mouse-hole with two rats in tuxxeedoes gaitkeapers. And one says, “Well why not and cheers and whee and elan and have a happi day.”¨
Diskloasure. Near the end of this (gasp) librarys kopi of the book, I (1) inscribed a cartoon-face “my-style” reacting to his statement, and (2) shall insert in that (shudder) publically-owed property, a kopi of this review befoar returning it. Oh how rong, immateur, and etc. However autem pero par contre–such extra-vagant reciprokaiting seems like the meta- or mimetic- right thing to do. To cooperate-salute (not to co-opt) indeed saltate with, this versive artist? He show’s us that Yes We Kan can, and Right, Here-Now!
July 22nd, 2010 at 2:58 am
I’ve been following Banksy for quite some time now, mostly through his own website but when I received this book it had much more in it then I had seen before.
My favourite part is a summary (with pictures) of al the museums he’s been to, where he tried to put up some of his own art.
The book is mainly pictures, with some quotes and short stories, for anybody who knows Banksy, it really is worth while! If you don’t know Banksy but like rebelious art, it is worth your while!