Unlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin

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Movie
Original title Unlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin
Country of production Germany , Berlin
original language German
Publishing year 2011
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 16

Unlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin is a documentary from 2011 that deals with Berlin's graffiti and street art culture. It was produced by Henrik Regel and Björn Birg.

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The film examines the history of the scene from the beginning to the present, describing among other things the emotional world, the life and thinking of the graffiti artists. This is how, for example, everyday life as a sprayer in Friedrichstrasse when the Wall came down is described.

At the beginning a disclaimer is shown informing that the producers distance themselves from what is shown. Among other things, the film shows interviews with the sprayers and videos they have recorded themselves, showing them spraying trains and other objects.

Exemplary statements from the interviews include:

"It's such a cool feeling, a tin box goes in there, and then it's just full of the fat piece and when it's so beautifully colorful!"

"Berlin is the New York of Europe!"

Legal dispute with the Berlin transport company

In June 2012, the Berlin Regional Court upheld an injunction by the BVG and thus prohibited further distribution of the film. The ruling was based on the fact that the buildings, some of which were shown unapproved in the film, represented an infringement of property.

After the producers appealed, the Berlin Court of Appeal overturned the District Court's judgment on October 25, 2012. The appellate court justified this with the artistic freedom the filmmakers were entitled to, since the film would not force the criminal offenses, but only depict and explain them.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Prohibition of the graffiti documentation "Unlike U". urbanshit.de, June 12, 2012, accessed February 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Court overturns ban: graffiti film “Unlike U” can be sold again. tagesspiegel.de, October 26, 2012, accessed on February 1, 2017 .

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