Friday, 13 March 2009
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
HARD KNOCKS THE SUBWAY EDITION
I was really interested in this as its a limited edition dvd, only 500 (legal) copies were made and I was curious to know what all the fuss was about, luckily the German branch of Spacehop.50g lent me a copy for review so here's what I think.
It makes a change to watch a dvd like this that features the same format of breaking into a yard or entering a tunnel that doesnt have the usual shaky camera, to dark to see, blurry footage. Instead the majority of this is really well shot, you can see that the guy behind the camera has thought out each section and there's a lot of planning gone into this dvd, the "actions" are filmed well, given the circumstances, but it's the bits inbetween that I like the most. The quality of the graff is impressive and consistant, featuring many differant artists and crews including, 35ers, Abis78, Acer, Acid, Amik, Azur, BAD, Bead, BSK, Burn, City, CMD, DGB, Dose, DRM, Drops, Dust, Ecsit, FCKW, Feat, Fery, FLS, Gamble, Hisk, HIV, Kaktus, Kird, Kitch, MRN, Nash, Pais, Plus, Puma, RBS, Rely, Roka, Roy, Shus, Siba, Sien, Skey, Skid,Smart, Soe, Sok, Tesa, TFZ, THC, Tin, Trus, Tuff, Tvisd, Type, Way, Zack. This is essentially two movies in one, the first concentrates on Berlins subway system while the secound deals with the MTA system of New York, allways good to see panels running there especially in 2008!! The run time is 1hour and 34 mins which i did think was a little bit long, but thats just because even if it was shot by Speilburg, there's only so much.... enter a yard, paint a train, leave yard, photograph in traffic, my mind can take It would really benefit from some commentary over the footage like in Dirty Handz 3. Without this it does get a bit boring, a train in a tunnel tends to look the same the world over, well worth a watch though.
Spacehop says 4 out of 5 Hopsta's. Don't watch on You Tube, BUY IT!!!
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FukGRAFF3
This description is from the Bombing Science website www.bombingscience.com
60 min.- Live bombing, live bombing and more live bombing... this is what you will see in Fuk Graff #3! This DVD is completely dedicated to NYC bombers, with footage with Haeler, Sev, Cano, Facet, Ques, Hektic and many others. A must have if you like dirty NYC bombing!
Overall this aint that great, it's watching stuff like this that makes me not like graffiti, it seems you don't need a lot of skill to be a bomber in New York at least not according to this DVD, It starts ok with Seu1, Cano and Deco but then it all goes a bit downhill and the quality of throwups get worse and worse as we go along, Tease saves it at the end but only because of the variety of footage of him bombing. The DVD features 18 "Bombers" and the format is the same for all except Tease. Each person gets about 2 mins in which they do a throwup, done at nightime in what I think is meant to be "hot" spots but I've a feeling theyre not, mixed in with this footage is some flicks which again are not that great and I was bored after 30 mins, after 45mins I was ready to slit wrists, Ive watched Fuk Graf1 on google and thought it was ok but I wont be getting anymore in this series. Lifes to short.
Spacehop says 1 out of 5 Hopsta's. This sucks!!! Buy at your own risk.
Infamy
This description is from the Bombing Science website www.bombingscience.com
Take an intense journey into the dangerous lives and obsessed minds of six of America's most prolific graffiti artists: Claw, Earsnot, Enem, Jase, Saber and Toomer. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Doug Pray (Hype! and Scratch) who teamed up with writer publisher and graffiti guru Roger Gastman the movie takes you deep into the world of street legends Saber Toomer Jase Claw Earsnot and Enem. With brutal honesty humor and charisma these artists reveal why they are so willing to risk everything to spray paint their cities with "tags" "throwups" and full-color murals. You'll also meet Joe "The Graffiti Guerilla" Connolly a notorious "buffer" who paints out graffiti on his neighborhood's walls with a vengeance matched only by those who vandalized them. From the streets of the South Bronx to the solitude of a San Francisco tunnel from high atop a Hollywood billboard to North Philadelphia for a lesson in "Philly-style tags" from the Mexican border to a Cleveland train yard Infamy doesn't analyze or glorify graffiti... it takes you there and brings it to life.
This is great, well worth the money, I cant fault this movie, It's really well put together, at 90mins long never gets boring, everyone featured is a legend and the interviews are really interesting and funny. The 5 finger discount king Earsnot cracks me up with lines like " There are some things that I just WILL NOT pay for, I won't pay for any type of Gore Tex jacket or any kind of meat"!!!! The massive Toomer getting interviewed with his mum is a classic as is the story of Jase's trip to the docs and the fact he used to write "Master" but stopped because people wrote "Bater" underneath. Enem's handstyle is amazing to watch, anyone who thinks there's no skill in tagging , look and learn. Saber, is Saber, unbelievabley talented but modest with it, Claw easily rocks spots in the Bronx and beyond with Miss 17 that would make the most hardcore male bomber a bit twitchy and who wouldnt want Joe Connolly cleaning up their neighbourhood??
Spacehop says 5 out of 5 Hopsta's!!
I dont need to say anymore, just buy it!!!
The Art of Story Telling
Back of DVD reads....
Featuring live action from Zephyr, Nace, Chip7, Navy8, Byas, Vism, Pepe, Apes, Eye, Alter, Poser, Newa, Elk, Vizie,When, Seone, Kemos, Muse, Met, Expert, Aest2, Fatso, Lions + loads more. 100%illegal footage, freights, clean trains and highways.
This was quite a tricky DVD to track down at first as there is very little info available on the net, I had heard rumours about it being the best graf film ever made and went on the hunt, it is a bit special, at 1hr and 30 mins it's the longest film Ive seen so far and it never gets boring, the intro is a great mixture of Freights and Bombing mixed with some black and white Mob and Charles Manson footage, sets the mood for what's to come, Elk and Poser start things off hitting a scrap train, scrap train = lame I hear you shout, but have no fear as nuff streets, clean trains, freights and billboards get hit up in this DVD. Newa's billboards are funny and a bit different, getting on the news for his "Support Domestic Violence.... if you don't hit your woman who will??" and "Wake up with Newa's Nuts in your mouth" posters. Next up is a big Freights section, featuring Vism, Byas Muze amongst others. There's a short interview with Pepe 1 plus some footage of him hitting up before we go daytime bombing with Chip7 and Navy 8. Then it's all bombing, bombing and bombing followed by a funny Spanish (???) Tropicana advert that leads into the Tropicana Freight section. After a few more bombing missions from Lions, Poser, Sectr and Fatso the last section of the film is dedicated to the legend that is Nace, starting with a short interview with Zephyr, his painting partner for 5 years and finishing with some footage of him painting and a whole load of flicks of his stuff.
Spacehop says 5 out of 5 Hopsta's
If you like piecing this isn't really for you but if watching someone hit up a the side of a freeway in broad daylight is your thang go buy it!!
Stompdown presents DIE SLOW VOL1
Back of the DVD just reads...
Handstyles, Trains, Bridges, Throwups, Slums.
The SDK(no not that SDK) Stompdown Killers from Canada have been kings of Youtube for a long time, this is their first DVD release and I was a bit dissapointed, first up, having watched most of the DVD on Youtube, I'd been there and seen that, but thats my fault, Keep6 who was the reason I bought it, is in the DVD for about 5mins with a crap peice and after a while I was a bit sick of Doug's throwups, even if the spots were hot there's only so much I can take, dont get me wrong, Dougs a real bomber and good at what he does, it just got a bit repetitive seeing the same thing done over and over, bit of variety would have been nice, Die Slow 2 promises to be be better, it's "in the post" at the moment, will post a review when it's here.
Spacehop says 3 out of 5 Hopsta's
Could be better!!
5 AM The Video
The description from the back cover of the 5am DVD says.....
5AM gives you an inside the lives and minds of graffiti writers from Los Angeles, Arizona, New York, Vancouver, and Philadelphia. This video contains live interviews, street and train bombing. Featuring Leeto, Trigz, Grave, Jesus Saves, Srek, Gnes, Bug, Snak the ripper, Ensoe, Hose, Koer, Bonks and Mensoe.
Of all the places I'd love to paint but would never do for fear of getting shot LA has to be top of the list. This lot deserve a medal, dealing with the buff, the police and the odd one or two street gangs (!) 5 am is an insight into what's going on in LA right now, and it's sick!! Loads of live bombing clips, street tagging, billboards and painted ladies make this my fav dvd of the year, some funny stuff 2 like the guy from K35 getting busted while his dumped camera records the whole thing, paint racking in San Diego and snorting mustard, this is the jackass type stuff the WAR movies should have featured.I can't fault this dvd I luv everything about it.
Spacehop says 5 out of 5 Hopsta's
BUY IT!!!
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