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: Art House Social Commentary Biographical Documentary
Mood: ReflectiveNostalgicInformativeEnergeticGritty
Themes: Coming Of AgeThe Human ConditionIdentity CrisisMan Vs. NatureFreedom Vs. ControlArtistic Expression
Plot: Underground ArtistsArt Vs. VandalismPolice CrackdownGraffiti SubcultureCreative Rebellion
Pacing: ModerateReal-Time
Narrative: FlashbacksReal-Time Narrative
Dialog: Inner MonologueSlang-HeavyNarrative Voiceover
Character Types: Anti-HeroOutcastRebel
Time: 1980s1970s
Place: New York CitySubway Systems
Cinematic Style: Handheld Camera WorkDocumentary StyleUse Of ShadowsDutch Angles
Costume and Set: Subway TrainsUrban AttireGraffiti-Covered Walls

No sequels or prequels available

Directed by:

Tony Silver, Burleigh Wartes, James Szalapski

Produced by:

Tony Silver, Linda Habib, Henry Chalfant

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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