Hybrid Cinema is pleased to announce the DVD release of global graffiti documentary Bomb It 2, by award-winning filmmaker-author Jon Reiss on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 via MVD Entertainment Group. Featuring street artists and top graffiti writers from five continents, Bomb It – The Movie updates the story of graffiti with a truly international perspective. Related Documentaries 9.07 Infamy. Jon Reiss ' latest documentary, 'Bomb It,' explores the controversial subculture of graffiti through themes of public space, freedom of speech, corporate advertising, and social and political.
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| Bomb It | |
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| Directed by | Jon Reiss |
| Produced by | Tracy Wares Jon Reiss Jeffrey Levy-Hinte Kate Christensen |
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| Cinematography | Tracy Wares |
| Edited by | Alex Marquez and Jessica Hernandez |
| Distributed by | Gravitas Ventures |
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| 94 minutes | |
| Language | English |
Bomb It is an international graffiti and street art documentary directed by Jon Reiss[1] and premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Filmed on five continents, featuring cities such as New York, Cape Town, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Berlin and Sao Paulo, Bomb It explores the interplay between worldwide graffiti movements, the global proliferation of 'Quality of Life' laws, and the fight for control over public space.
Graffiti artists across the globe joined forces with Reiss to create the film which features original footage from many controversial graffiti writers beginning with the first graffiti writer Cornbread, to those who saw the take-off of the art, TAKI 183 to more contemporary writers Shepard Fairey and Os Gemeos.[2]
In addition to TAKI 183, the film features Tracy 168, Terrible T-Kid 170, Cope2, Stay High 149, KRS-One, Revs, 2esae, Zephyr, Cornbread, DAIM, Blek le Rat, Shuck2, Ash, Skuf, Revok, Ron English, Chaz Bojorquez, Lady Pink, Mear One, Urban Theorists Stefano Bloch (UCLA Dept. of Urban Planning and University of Arizona) and Susan Phillips (Pitzer College), actor and filmmaker Russ Kingston,[3] Pez, Sixe, Falko, Faith47, Zezão [pt], Ise, Kenor & Kode, Scage, Mickey, Chino, and Ket.[4]
George Kelling, co-author of Broken Windows, an Atlantic Monthly article[5] that formed the basis for Rudy Giuliani's widely imitated gentrification campaign, was interviewed for this film.[6]
Reception[edit]
The New York Times wrote, “Bomb It” isn’t the first documentary to address the history and evolution of graffiti culture, and it probably won’t be the last. But what distinguishes Jon Reiss’s lively, sure-handed film from the rest is that it widens the spectrum by taking a comprehensively international viewpoint.'[7]
Bomb It 2[edit]
The sequel Bomb It 2 (2010) was commissioned as a web series exclusively for the digital broadcast network Babelgum and expands the global reach of Jon Reiss’ exploration of graffiti and street art into new and unexplored areas of Asia and South East Asia, the Middle East as well as Europe, the United States and Australia.
Continuing his investigation of the most subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international youth culture, Reiss travelled by himself to Bangkok, Jakarta, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv, Palestinian refugee camps on the West Bank, Perth, Melbourne, Copenhagen, Chicago and Austin. Artists featured include Klone, KnowHope, GreatBates, Zero Cents, Foma <3, INSPIRE 1, Darbotz, Killer Gerbil, Bon, Alex Face, Sloke, Husk Mit Navn, Ash, Phibs, Stormie Mills, Beejoir and many more.[8]
References[edit]
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- ^Montero, Patrick (April 23, 2008). ''Bomb It' looks at all sides of graffiti issue'. New York Daily News.
- ^Guerrasio, Jason (March 12, 2007). 'TRIBECA ANNOUNCES COMPETITION AND SPOTLIGHT SELECTIONS'. Filmmaker.
- ^'Jon Reiss Interview in culturenow.com'. Bombit-themovie.com. June 24, 2008.
- ^'Bomb It (2007)'. IMDb. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- ^Kelling, George L.; Wilson, James Q. 'Broken Windows: The police and neighborhood safety'. The Atlantic (March 1982).
- ^'Entertainment News, Headlines and Video - CBS News'. Showbuzz.cbsnews.com. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-07-19.[dead link]
- ^Kern, Laura (April 25, 2008). 'Getting to Graffiti Art's Roots'. The New York Times.
- ^'Bomb It About | BOMB IT'. Blog.bombit-themovie.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
External links[edit]
- Bomb It on IMDb
- Bomb It at AllMovie
- 'Bomb It' looks at all sides of graffiti issue April 2008 interview with the New York Daily News.
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The first thing we did to know what this documentary was about, was a reading comprehension activity from The Daily news online newspaper.
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Then we watched the documentary and although it was sometimes hard to understand, we liked it a lot.
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We watched this documentary and learned a lot about graffiti writers’ philosophy. While we were watching BOMB IT, we took notes and then, at home, we wrote two lists of things in favour and against graffiti and we also gave our opinion on it.