Wild style!

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Movie
German title Wild style!
Original title Wild style
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1983
length 82 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Charlie Ahearn
script Charlie Ahearn
production Charlie Ahearn
music Chris Stein , Fab 5 Freddy
camera Clive Davidson , John Foster
cut Steven C. Brown
occupation

Wild style! is a 1982 American film directed by Charlie Ahearn . It is regarded both as the first successful film from the hip-hop scene and as internationally significant for its development.

Fab 5 Freddy , "Lee" George Quiñones , the Rock Steady Crew , The Cold Crush Brothers , Rammellzee and Grandmaster Flash, among others, starred in the film. The soundtrack became an integral part of many DJs in the scene and was often sampled (e.g. in the song "The Genesis" from Nas ' first album Illmatic ). The wild-style lettering is the work of the well-known New York graffiti artist Zephyr, who also appears in a supporting role as Z Roc.

action

The film describes the story of the graffiti artist Zoro, the tensions between his art and the "real life" he denies as Raymond, and the relationship with his girlfriend Rose. The film also documents the then emerging interest of the media and the established art scene in hip-hop culture that had developed within the Latin and Afro-American “communities”.

background

The film was released in 1983 by the independent agency First Run Features under the direction of Charlie Ahearn and later appeared as a video film by Rhino Home Video. Its production was made possible by start-up funding from ZDF , which is why the film was shown there on April 7, 1983, but with the title Graffiti Wild Style , before it was released in Germany . The idea for the film came from the graffiti artist and later TV presenter Fab 5 Freddy.

criticism

To the reviewer of the New York Times , the film appeared to be a series of chance encounters between graffiti artists, rappers and breakdancers in a partially improvised framework. He praised the energy emanating from the actors and their noticeable enthusiasm, which the film often does not do justice due to dramaturgical weaknesses:

"Unfortunately for the film, Mr. Ahearn, who is an artist as well as a film maker, never discovers a cinematic rhythm that accurately reflects and then celebrates the rare energy and wit of the artists within the film. Too often Wild Style has the effect of dampening the enthusiasm of its amateur actors or of not being able to keep up with their nonstop pace. It always seems to be trailing them, as if it were a little brother who can't run as fast as the others. [...] Wild Style lacks a lot of the style of the people in it, but it never neutralizes their vitality. "

- Vincent Canby, March 18, 1983

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wild Style! . In: Lexicon of international film ( Archived entry online . Auf zweiausendeins .de, accessed on February 19, 2017)
  2. ↑ Wild Style! (1983) - Release Info . From imdb.com , accessed February 19, 2017
  3. ↑ Eva Apraku: Everyone was so curious about each other . On August 16, 2008 from berliner-zeitung.de , accessed on February 15, 2017
  4. ↑ Interview with Charlie Ahearn on the Wild Style DVD, 2007 edition
  5. ↑ Vincent Canby: 'WILD STYLE,' RAPPING AND PAINTING GRAFFITI . In: The New York Times . March 18, 1983 ( nytimes.com [accessed February 19, 2017]).