From Henry Chalfant, the director genre defining documentary Style Wars, comes what was intended to be the first installment in a regular television series on New York's bludgeoning hip-hop culture, with a specific focus on graffiti. Funding fell through but the material was just to good be left to languish. Chalfant put together what he had and, like Style Wars, it continues to stand as a document of a culture in blossom.
스타일워는 1983년에 만들어진 다큐멘터리 필름이다. 시기가 시기인 만큼 힙합이 처음 생겨난 직후 문화적으로 여러 분야가 구축되고 하나의 ‘현상’을 넘어서는 과정을 보여주고 있다. 그래피티가 많은 부분을 차지하면서도 그래피티가 디제잉이나 래핑, 비보잉과 어떠한 연결고리를 지니는지도 놓치지 않는다. 당대 내로라하는 그래피티아티스트가 총출동했고 당시의 유행도 간접경험해볼 수 있다. 그래피티에 대한 존중을 담은, 힙합 초창기의 선구적인 작품이다.
Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer. The actual story of the movie concerns the tension between Zoro's passion for his art and his personal life, particularly his strained relationship with fellow artist Rose.
Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in New York City. Officer Charles Banks finds young Danny tagging subway cars and then catches Teiresa selling drugs for another mislead teen, Kirk. The officer, instead of turning both of them in, gives both teens a chance to make more of their lives together. Changing their ways turns out to be more challenging than first thought.
