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"THIS DOCUMENTARY HELPS DISPEL
THE PREJUDICES AGAINST GRAFFITI ART AND DRAWS THE VIEWER INTO THE WORLD
OF HIP HOP THROUGH STUNNING VISUAL IMAGERY."Airbrush
Action
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"GRAFFITI VERITE' ARTICULATELY
EXPLAINS THAT DESPITE THE NAYSAYING OF THE TRULY UNCULTURED MIDDLE CLASS,
HIP-HOP IS A FUNCTIONING SUBCULTURE..."Angry
Thoreauan
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"GRAFFITI VERITE' DOES FOR L.A.
WHAT STYLE WARS DID FOR NEW YORK!Art
Crimes (Internet Website www.graffiti.org)
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"HIS CRITICALLY PRAISED DOCUMENTARY
SHOWCASES THE TALENT AND THE ARTFORM OF GRAFFITI ART. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
ASPECT OF THE VIDEO IS ITS UNDERLINING MESSAGE-GRAFFITI ART TRANSCENDS
THROUGH CULTURES AND COUNTRIES. ULTIMATELY BOB BRYAN WANTS GRAFFITI ART
TO BE LEGAL SO ART CAN BE EXPRESSED FREELY."Beat
Down Magazine
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"HIS STRIPPED-DOWN APPROACH TO
THE DIVERSITY OF POLITICS, AGE, CLASS AND PHILOSOPHY WITHIN THE "LA-LA"
WRITING SCENE HAS WON HIM COUNTLESS AWARDS AND ACCLAIM THE WORLD OVER OVER."
Big
Time Magazine
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"PROVIDES GRAFFITI ARTISTS A FORUM
FOR THEIR WORK TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A WORLDWIDE ART PHENONENON."
Bikini
Magazine
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"THIS FASCINATING DOCUMENTARY CHRONICLING
URBAN STREET ART FORGOES NARRATION TO LET 24 YOUNG, L.A.-BASED HIP HOP
GRAFFITI ARTISTS TELL THEIR OWN STORIES, WITH WORDS AND WITH SPRAYCANS."Blockbuster
Video
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"... A MUST FOR BEGINNERS
AS WELL AS ESTABLISHED GRAF ARTISTS."The Bomb
Hip-Hop Magazine
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"THE COLORFUL, NEON-LIKE
MURALS SEEN HERE (FAR REMOVED FROM UGLY GANG TERRITORY MARKINGS) ARE, RATHER,
THE BRASH PICASSO'S OF HIP-HOP CULTURE." Booklist
Review
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"ONE GRAFFITI ARTIST RECALLS THAT
IN GRADE SCHOOL HE WAS ASKED BY A TEACHER WHAT HE WANTED TO BE WHEN BE
GREW UP, TO WHICH HE RESPONDED, "I WANT TO BE EITHER A TERRORIST OR AN
ARTIST." 16th
Annual Breckenridge Colorado Festival of Film
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"GRAFFITI VERITE' STRIVES FOR RECOGNITION
OF THIS CULTURE ALLOWING THE AUDIENCE ITSELF TO CONSIDER THIS TO BE VANDALISM
OR A NEW AMAZING FORM OF MASS ART."Calmant
Magazine, LITHUANIA
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"GRAFFITI VERITE' LIVES UP TO ALL
IT'S REVIEWS AND THEN SOME..."Catch 22 Phanzine
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"APPROPRIATE AND USEFUL CLASSROOM
MATERIAL..."Committee for The Los Angeles County
Office of Education
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"WE ENDORSE GRAFFITI VERITE' TO
REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN ALL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS.
AN AMERICAN FILM ABOUT A GREAT AMERICAN ART FORM!" 1996
Council of Non-Theatrical Events (CINE)
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"BOB BRYAN OFFERS A REVEALING GLIMPSE
INTO THE WORLD OF LOS ANGELES GRAFFITI ARTISTS WHO USE PUBLIC AREAS AS
AN URBAN ART GALLERY FOR THE MASSES."Documental,
Experimental Film & Video Series
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"WITH INTERVIEWS OF SOME OF LA'S
GREATEST ... THEY COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS VIDEO A GOOD REPRESENTATION
OF THIS CITIES ABILITIES TO GET ILL.""...EVERY SERIOUS HIP-HEAD MUST CONSIDER
ADDING GRAFFITI VERITE' TO HIS COLLECTION OF KNOWLEDGE." Downlow
Magazine, London ENGLAND
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"IF YOU REGARD GRAFFITI AS DEFACEMENT
OF PROPERTY - SOMETHING THAT GENTRIFICATION SHOULD ERASE - YOU MUST SEE
THIS VIDEO!"Eye Magazine, Underground News
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"ONE OF THE NEWEST AND BEST GRAF
VIDEOS OUT THERE."594 Graffiti Magazine
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"...YOU'LL SEE LIVE ACTION, FRESH
PIECES/SKETCHES AND INTERVIEWS WITH WRITERS SUCH AS RISK, TEMPT, TOONZ,
NERV & MANY MORE... ABSOLUTELY WORTH CHECKING OUT!!"From
Here to..., Oslo NORWAY
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"... A SOLIDLY HONEST VIEW OF THE
URBAN GRAFFITI ARTIST WHICH IS BOTH COMPELLING AND INFORMATIVE..."
Groping for Luna Zine
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"INTRODUCES US TO THE NEW GENERATION
WHO CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS ARTFORM ALIVE...Ground
Level Magazine
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"...WHILE THE ARTISTS MAY BE PAINTED
AS MENACES TO SOCIETY BY SOME; THE BRILLIANT VISUALS AND NEARLY UNLIMITED
CREATIVITY OF THESE ARTISTS SPEAK OTHERWISE."4080
Magazine
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"THE WORK OF DOCUMENTARY MAKER
BOB BRYAN, GRAFFITI VERITE' FOLLOWS THE DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN ON A SIX MONTH
JOURNEY INTO LOS ANGELES UNDERGROUND SCENE." Hip-Hop
Connection Magazine London, ENGLAND
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"FROM AN ARTIST VIEW IT TAKES US
THROUGH THE HISTORY AND TOUCHES UPON THE DIFFERENCES OF ARTWORK BETWEEN
THE TWO COASTS." The
Industry Hip Hop Magazine
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"CONVERSATIONS RANGE FROM COMPARATIVE
DISCUSSIONS ON GRAFFITI'S ANCESTRAL CONNECTION TO RITUALISTIC HIEROGLYPHICS
AND CAVE WRITINGS." In
The Groove
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"INTELLIGENT AND IN-DEPTH. IT'S
45 MINUTES OF ART, FROM GALLERY SHOWS TO THE STUFF ON THE STREETS. GRAFFITI
VERITE' IS SURE TO OPEN YOUR EYES." Juxtapoz
Magazine
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HIS FILM DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB
OF SHOWING OLD SCHOOL LA IN A WAY THAT NO OTHER PIECE OF DOCUMENTATION
HAS." Juxtapoz
Magazine, January 1997
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"A REVEALING LOOK AT THE UNDERGROUND
WORLD OF GRAFFITI ART." KCET
News
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"GRAFFITI VERITE'S FILM MAKER BOB
BRYAN FINDS SOCIAL & POLITICAL VALUE IN LA VANDALISM..."
LA
Weekly
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"THE DOCUMENTARY'S NARRATION IS
DONE BY THE SPRAY-PAINTER'S THEMSELVES ... THEY TRACE THE HISTORY OF LOS
ANGELES GRAFFITI TO THE PRE-AEROSOL DAYS OF THE 1940'S, EXPLAINING THE
EVOLUTION OF LETTERING STYLES AND THE EXPANSION OF TAGGING INTO WHAT THEY
CALL 'PIECING'."Los Angeles Times
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"BOB'S FILM IS CREATED TO SERVE
IN MY OPINION TWO PURPOSES. THE FIRST AS A WAY TO BIND A FRAGMENTED SCENE
WHOSE MEMBERS HAVE FEW PLACES TO SHARE IDEAS AND TECHNIQUE. THE SECOND
IS TO EDUCATE THE IGNORANT WHO SEE GRAF ART AS A MENACE AND BRING
THE COMPREHESION UP TO A LEVEL OF TRADITIONAL ART IN THE PROGRESSION AND
CRITIQUE."Low Profile Magazine
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"THEIR WORK COMES ACROSS AS A COMPLEX,
POWERFUL UNDERTAKING WITH LOADS OF ARTISTIC CREDIBILITY. THE ARTISTS
DISCUSS WORKING IN A REALM OF SELF-EXPRESSION AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY AND
HOW THEY ENGAGE IN A 'GAME OF SURVIVAL' ON URBAN STREETS FRAUGHT WITH PHYSICAL
DANGER." Mill Valley Film Festival
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"A MIND EXPANDING EXPERIENCE IN
PEOPLE'S - AS OPPOSED TO COMMERCIAL CULTURE."MSRRT
Newsletter
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"I KEPT BEING REMINDED OF THE WORKS
OF KEITH HARING AND SALVADOR DALI. I GUESS IN SOME WAYS ALL ARTS BEGINS
AS REBELLION! THE M.B.C. WOULD BE HONORED TO ADD THE PROGRAM (GRAFFITI
VERITE') TO OUR EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARIES."
The
Museum of Broadcast Communications
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"THE STRENGTH OF YOUR VIDEOTAPE
IS THAT YOU FOCUS ON THE COMMENTARY OF THE ARTISTS... TO UNDERSTAND
THEIR THINKING AND WHAT MOTIVATES THEM IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO AN APPRECIATION
OF THIS ARTFORM."The Museum of Contemporary
Art
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"I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS VIDEO
TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN GRAFFITI, ART, POLITICS OR INTO UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENCE
CULTURES. YOU WILL NEVER LOOK AT ANY GRAFFITI THE SAME WAY AGAIN."Mutant
Renegade Zine
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"INTERVIEWS WITH GRAFFITI ARTISTS
WHO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 'TAGGING' AND 'PIECING' - WHO REPORT
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS SUCH AS DODGING THE POLICE, GANG MEMBERS AND ANTI-GRAFFITI
VIGILANTES."National Campaign for Freedom of
Expression
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"...THE MINORITY ARTISTS ARE SO
WELL REPRESENTED AND COME ACROSS WITH SUCH INTEGRITY, INTELLIGENCE AND
CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE. THIS WILL DO A GREAT DEAL TO HELP DISPEL
THE USUALLY WRONG IMPRESSION THAT GRAFFITI ARTISTS ARE ANTI-INTELLECTUAL
AND UNAWARE OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN THEIR OWN WISH TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES..."
Andrew
Connors National Museum, Smithsonian
Institution
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"THE BOMB! ITHAS LIVE PIECIN',
IT HAS OLD SCHOOL PIECES FROM THE 80'S. IT REALLY BREAKS DOWN WHAT GRAFFITI
ON THE WEST COAST IS ALL ABOUT... Nite
Crawlers Magazine
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"...GRAFFITI VERITE' IS GRITTY
AND DOES NOT GLAMORIZE GRAFFITI..."Bolton Colburn,
Senior Curator , Orange County Museum
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"GRAFFITI VERITE' GOES UNDERGROUND
TO THE ALLEYS, STREETS, WALLS AND GALLERIES OF L.A. TO DOCUMENT THE STORIES
OF 24 GRAFFITI ARTISTS WORK, PASSION AND IDEAS..."Plunge
Magazine
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"BOB BRYAN HAS PRODUCED A GRAFFITI
DOCUMENTATION, WELL WORTH SEEING! GRAFFITI VERITE' FEATURES MANY OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA'S REAL GRAFFITI ARTISTS."Possessed
Animation
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"CLOSE-UP AND PERSONAL!... THIS
NEWLY RELEASED AND BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED DOCUMENTARY UNCOVERS THE UNDERGROUND
LOS ANGELES GRAFFITI MOVEMENT AND EXPLORES ITS RELATION TO CONTEMPORARY
HIP-HOP CULTURE."Public Art Review
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"...REAL EXPRESSIONS OF INDIVIDUALITY
BY REALLY GOOD ARTISTS, CREATING SOME BEAUTIFUL AND FASCINATING STUFF."Psychoholics
Unanimous
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"THE RANGE OF LOS ANGELES ARTISTS
AND STYLES INCLUDED IN THE VIDEO IS MIND-BOGGLING ... BRYAN CAPTURES THE
TENSE ENERGY OF THE WRITERS BY NOT ALLOWING THE VIEWER SPACE TO REFLECT
ON OR TIME TO ABSORB ALL THE INFORMATION HE PACKS INTO THIS VIDEO!" Public
Art Review
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"MORE SOCIALLY AND POLITICALLY
RELEVANT THAN EXPECTED, THIS SUBCULTURAL ART FORM SEEKS TO AGGRESSIVELY
ENSURE WE WAKE-UP AND SMELL THE AEROSOL."Pulse!
Magazine, Tower Records/Video
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"REQUIRED VIEWING FOR ALL CITIZENS
OF BIG CITIES THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF GRAFFITI..."Rap
Pages Magazine
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"IT IS A PERSONAL REBELLION TO
REPRESENT THE TRUTH VIA THE ONLY UNCENSORED TEXTBOOK OF SOCIETY - THE WALLS."
Relic, Graffiti Artist (K2S cru)
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"GRAFFITI VERITE' IS A VISUALLY
HYPNOTIC RIDE..."Remote Jockey Digest
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"...NOTABLE FOR IT'S ULTA-CRISP
PRODUCTION VALUES, THE HIGH QUALITY OF ART AND COMMENTARY..." Rock
& Rap Confidential
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"THIS WELL-PRODUCED EXAMINATION
OF AN UNDERGROUND ARTFORM, EXPLAINED BY THE ARTISTS WHO CREATED IT WILL
ADD A NEW DIMENSION TO ART CLASSES AND TO LIBRARY VIDEO COLLECTIONS. WE
RECOMMEND ITS USE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ART CLASSES." School
Library Journal
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"KEEPING THE CULTURE ALIVE..."The
Source
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"VENTURING OUT INTO THE REALM OF
LA'S GRAFFITI SCENE, BRYAN ENDURED SIX MONTHS OF GAINING WRITERS TRUST
AND DOCUMENTING THE UNDERGROUND SUBCULTURE. REVERED BY THOUSANDS OF FILM
MAKERS, CRITICS AND REVIEWERS, GRAFFITI VERITE' GAVE MANY A SECOND THOUGHT
TO WHAT IS USUALLY DENOUNCED AS JUVENILE VANDALISM." Subculture
Magazine
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"...A GOOD VIDEO THAT CHALLENGES
THE BS MASS MEDIA IMAGE OF GRAF..."Threat Magazine
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"...IT ISN'T VANDALISM... IT'S
A BEAUTIFUL CRIME."True Magazine, London ENGLAND
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"GRAFFITI VERITE' PORTRAYS ' TAGGERS'
AS ARTISTS AND DISPELS THE MYTH THAT TAGGERS ARE GANG-BANGERS."U-Direct
Zine
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"24 L.A. GRAFFITI ARTISTS WHOSE
ARTISTIC TOOL OF CHOICE IS THE SPRAY CAN AND WHOSE GALLERY IS THE STREETS."UHF
Magazine
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"THERE IS A GREAT ENERGY IN THIS
VIDEO! ... OFTENTIMES THE FILM IS EXTREMELY MOVING, PROVOCATIVE AND ALLOWS
THE AUDIENCE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS ART FORM..."Umbrella
Magazine
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"...YOU GET ALLOT OF PERSONAL INSIGHT
FROM MANY OF THE ARTISTS WHOSE WORK GRACE THE WALLS OF LOS ANGELES, PASADENA
AND SURROUNDING AREAS."Underground Zine Scene
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"A BIG THUMB'S UP
TO BOB BRYAN FOR DOCUMENTING THE ART FORM IN A VERY WELL PRODUCED WAY AND
PRESERVING PART OF THE CULTURE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS."UPS
Newsletter
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"GRAFFITI VERITE' IS A GREAT PRIMER
FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST DON'T GET IT..."Velocity
N.Y.C
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"THE WORK SHOWN IN THE VIDEO IS
VERY IMPRESSIVE, EVEN MORE SO WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THE PRIMARY TOOL HERE
IS A CAN OF SPRAY PAINT."Video Librarian Review
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"A MUST SEE VIDEO TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE INNER WORLD OF TODAYS URBAN CHILDREN."Wisconsin
Bookwatch
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"GRAFFITI VERITE' DIGS INTO THE
REAL ROOTS OF L.A. GRAF, WHICH ARE SOME WHAT DIFFERENT FROM THOSE THAT
SPARKED THE N.Y.C. GRAF SCENE IN THE 70'S."Writer's
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