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Plot Summary
Bomb It is a wild ride into the heart of the global graffiti culture where the love of art and ego clashes explosively with law and order. On top of a fresh soundtrack of punk, hip-hop and funk, this high-octane film explores the many manifestations of “bombing.” Through grainy night vision footage and raw interviews, the punks, ghetto Picassos, taggers, misfits, and political dissidents demonstrate in no uncertain terms why they risk arrest and injury to express themselves and reflect their society with spraypaint and marker. The rough-and-tumble cast of Bomb It hails from New York and Tokyo, Berlin and Barcelona, Capetown, and Sao Paulo, with each city boasting its own unique style and form of grafitti. From the pioneers of bombing who painted living museums on trains as they rolled between the Bronx and Brooklyn in New York to the underground artist who seeks the sublime painting in blue deep in the bowels of Sao Paulo’s sewers, the artists in Bomb It are fascinating studies in the power of art to disturb, protest, and enlighten.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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87%- Reviews Counted: 15
- Fresh: 13
- Rotten: 2
- Average Rating: 7.1/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: What distinguishes Jon Reiss's lively, sure-handed film from the rest is that it widens the spectrum by taking a comprehensively international viewpoint.
Fresh: Entertaining, high-energy survey.
Fresh: A remarkably compact and engaging overview of the history and ideology of this urban outlaw art form.
Fresh: Jon Reiss' high-energy doc hops all across the globe in order to paint the fullest portrait of the most modern art.
Customer Reviews
Bomb It
Bomb It is an explosive fast paced documentary, on the history of Graffiti told by some of today's best artists from all over the world. It shows some amazing artwork and weaves a story that is humorous, heartbreaking, enlightening, infuriating, and inspirational. We see the passion that both graffiti artists, and anti graffiti activists have for their work. Bomb It also poses some interesting takes on the use of public/private space. It is a visual and auditory barrage on the senses. Highly recommended viewing for veterans and toys alike.
Works fine- Great Flix
I don't know what the last user is complaining about. I downloaded the flix just fine. IT WORKS GREAT! And this movie ROCKS! Killer footage of graf from around the globe. Its totally comprehensive- lots of different artists and styles- from taggers to world famous artists. The focus on public space is something I never thought about before but raises good questions and keeps you thinking. Fast past and fun, you'll walk away wanting to hit something up and look at the city around you in a whole new way.
Great vid
I really liked it very intresting but yet this is a byest prospetive (aka I'm a graff artist too :P) It was good go and get it by the way Skel has bombed the system!
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