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This movie - instead of featuring actors and actresses - features REAL LIFE singers/rappers/mixers/graffiti "artists"/breakdancers etc. I'm sure to a lot of people that gives the film "street cred." Personally, for me it felt like watching Ameteur Night at THE APOLLO.
Actually, for a breakdancing movie I was appaled at how LITTLE dancing there was in this thing!
The main charactor is a graffiti bomber, who no one (not even his best friends and girlfriend, knows is the infamous "ZORO", one of the best graffiti artists in the city. One day this white woman journalist who likes BLONDIE comes to the Hood to interview this fool ad=nd a few of his friends to find out about the whole Hip Hop Sub-Culture. So he takes her to this rinky dink little club and they watch all his friends perform...you know: like we see in all these breakdancing movies- and right about HERE I turn to my husband and say "This isn't very good, is it?" and he shakes his head and says "No" (and he usually LOVES breakdancing movies!) So we started drinking beer and hung in there hoping the movie would get better, hating the movie every step of the way.
So "the guy" (we forget his name) gets hired to paint a big professional mural for a park...and when he finally starts to do it (which I think his girlfriend considers "selling out") he finds he cant garner inspiration. He has painted two hands reaching out (symbolizing "The Artist") but he can't quite think up what to put in the middle. Girlfriend (whose screwin around with half the town , by the way) disses him some more and THAT is when he has this great epiphany! He has the hands reaching out on both sides of a STAGE and in the middle he has this huge gala event where all his friends from The Hood rap, sing, dance etc. etc. etc.
Yeah, I hated it.Like I said from the start there was nothing professional about it. Even the breakdancing scenes weren't too impressive and illy concieved.
I couldn't wait for this movie to end.
My score: 2
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A document of the times, where else you going to find vintage old school performances of Busy B and the eternally underappreciated Cold Krush brothers? It's classic.
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Watched Wild Style (1983) and what a fantastic time capsule it is! Yeah, the story is so-so and the acting quite amateurish but you have to take these kind of films for what they are. This movie screams AUTHENTIC!
While i´m not into rap music (was back in late 80s, early 90s) and have never made a single graffiti, i enjoyed the film very much. I have the scandi dvd but would love to get the 25th Anniversary SE version.
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Never heard of this one aTomiK...might have to track it down. As stated in another post, just got Breakin + Breakin 2 on Blu-ray....maybe a break dancing movie marathon in store....I also have Beat Street and one more (with a blue cover...can't remember the name right now). Also have the Breakdance LP which came with a big poster...proudly displayed in my retro room!
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aTomiK
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Wild Style fans heads up. Check out this upcoming Wild Style release (4K and bluray) from Arrow Video. All kinds of goodies here including the soundtrack cd (there´s also another edition with a vinyl). Definitely going to get this one! Release Date: 1 December 2025
4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS Perfect bound collector's book featuring new and archival essays and articles, alongside an extensive collection of stills and artwork from the film Reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options Double-sided foldout poster featuring two original artwork options Exclusive mini-version of the Wild Style issue of Hip-Hop Family Tree comic book by Ed Piskor Three Wild Style logo stickers
DISC 1 - FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD) Brand new 4K restoration from the original 16mm negative by Arrow Films 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Newly restored original lossless mono audio Optional English subtitles Brand new audio commentary with Jeff "Chairman" Mao and Andrew "Monk One" Mason Legacy commentary featuring director Charlie Ahearn and Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite Down by Law: Creating the Music of Wild Style, a brand new interview with Charlie Ahearn, Chris Stein and Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite Theatrical trailer Image gallery
DISC 2 - EXTRAS (BLU-RAY) The Origin Story, an interview with Lee Quiñones and Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite Studio/Benchmark, an interview with Lee Quiñones Archive footage from Wild Style's 1983 Japanese Tour Two panel discussions and footage from the Wild Style 40 exhibition ZDF TV Wild Style 30th anniversary featurette Rammellzee in the Battle Station featurette Featurettes from the Wild Style 20th, 25th and 30th anniversary shows Smith Projects Gym (1977) Archival featurettes and interviews from the players and performers of Wild Style Outtakes Subway Rap music video 2025 Restoration and Theatrical trailers
DISC 3 - LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE CD Exclusive new Wild Style Megamix by Jorun Bombay Original radio spots by Fab 5 Freddy and Queen Lisa Lee Rare alternate mixes of Subway Rap and Wild Style Theme Rare audio outtakes from the film and soundtrack Rare 1983 radio interview with Charlie Ahearn
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