Name: Style Wars
Genre: Music, Documentary, TV Movie
Released: 1984
Rating: 81.485
Cast: Cap, Daze, Dondi, Kase 2, Eric Haze

About

Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

DNA

Genres: Social Commentary Art House Biographical Documentary
Mood: ReflectiveInformativeNostalgicEnergeticGritty
Themes: The Human ConditionComing Of AgeFreedom Vs. ControlIdentity CrisisArtistic ExpressionMan Vs. Nature
Plot: Creative RebellionPolice CrackdownGraffiti SubcultureUnderground ArtistsArt Vs. Vandalism
Pacing: ModerateReal-Time
Narrative: FlashbacksReal-Time Narrative
Dialog: Inner MonologueNarrative VoiceoverSlang-Heavy
Character Types: Anti-HeroOutcastRebel
Time: 1980s1970s
Place: New York CitySubway Systems
Cinematic Style: Handheld Camera WorkDocumentary StyleUse Of ShadowsDutch Angles
Costume and Set: Urban AttireGraffiti-Covered WallsSubway Trains

No sequels or prequels available

Directed by:

Tony Silver, Burleigh Wartes, James Szalapski

Produced by:

Henry Chalfant, Linda Habib, Tony Silver

Daze

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Dondi

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Kase 2

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Ed Koch

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Rammellzee

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Irene Cara

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Gene Anthony Ray

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Mare 139

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Min 1

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