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Bomb It!2007, Directed by Jon ReissA comprehensive investigation of the most subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international youth culture: graffiti. Featuring original interviews from around the world and guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action, BOMB IT tells the story of graffiti from its roots in prehistoric cave paintings through Picasso to its notorious emergence as a visual adjunct to the rise of hip hop culture in New York in the 1970s culminating in its current variations around the globe, from Latin America where graffiti has been adopted into the mural tradition, to Japan where anime inspired rakugaki challenges the conformist societal norms embodied in formal calligraphy, to Europe where a Dadaist/surrealist tradition produces deliberately confrontational prankstering. |
