Style Wars

Chichago_

I've read about this phenomenon in "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell before; and the story told in that book comes from the New York City government's point of view. However, this film has shown me a new perspective of New York's hip-hop and graffiti culture in the 80s. It is interesting to see both sides of the story.

Jason

An exemplary capsule about community - the individual voice collectively deployed. Bonds and fractures. Difficult, saintly commingling. The counterculture has always remained about popular things.

ejonline

Stuck in the suburbs of Connecticut, watching and hearing hip hop evolve from a distance, this film felt like getting to hang out with insiders. I soaked everything up, trying to make sense of it and somehow make part of it my own in a way that made sense. It was like received wisdom, and I was left to ponder it without a key. I wonder what it would feel like thirty five years on.

thelastronaut

The glory that is New York City! Was the graffiti on the subway cars artistic expression? An eyesore? A crime? Or was it a visual and colorful reminder that there will always be rule breakers? Maybe it is that, society's demand for conformity, that was the ultimate reason this era ended. Who knows. As Mayor Koch says, "Time will tell."

film_lies101

NYC train cars in the 80's were the illest!

adina

hahhahaha i love cap

Gencer Soytemiz

man is almost extinct.

Chearth

3.5