Laemmle's Sunset 5
8000 Sunset Blvd
323.848.3500
This event has passed.
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Still from Bomb It
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June 6, 2008 – June 12, 2008
Daily
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- Price
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$10
- Links
Note: There is a post-screening Premiere Party Fri Jun 6 (Free, 10pm-2am) at VineBar with DJs Garth Trinidad & Jeremy Sole.
A modern-day incarnation of 1983's groundbreaking Style Wars, graffiti documentary Bomb It moves past the boroughs of New York to survey the global community of spray-paint artists. Twenty-five years later, the questions remain the same: art or eyesore, vandalism or political voice? Although this film doesn't settle any of these issues, it does provide a tantalizing look at graffiti's history, from late-'60s pioneers Cornbread and Taki 183 to contemporary artist Blek le Rat. The most entertaining aspect of the film is the juxtaposition between scorning Graffiti Blaster-types and the bombers who consider their work an art form.
