15 October 2008

The Graffiti Artist (2004)


Floating on a skateboard through the wet streets of Seattle and Portland in the small hours of the night, Nick (Ruben Bansie-Snellman) is like a prophet who denies the existence of the world. A high-school-aged graffiti artist with no family or friends, Nick steals what he needs, sleeps where he becomes tired and wanders the city at night with no other idea than perfecting his tag, "Rupture." So when Nick meets Jesse (Pepper Fajans), another tagger and they start up a friendship, his hopes and desires are like the art he has left on back street buildings, abandoned railroad cars and lonely walls: beautiful, but hidden.

If you decide to watch THE GRAFFITI ARTIST, you ought to place yourself in Nick's shoes, otherwise, you'll be out there questioning yourself what is the purpose of having the film made. I am sure there would be a lot of mixed feelings and those who have the "artist" in them would surely find this a real treat as they would easily relate to it.

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1 comment:

vixlad said...

I think the artist kid is sort of hopeless. He needs to shape u

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