Stations of the elevated

Duration: 45

Year Published: 1980

Creator: Streetwise Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A lyrical study of the graffiti-covered trains of the New York City subway system. Bearing messages like Earth Is Hell, Slave, and Crime, they reflect the impoverished lives of their authors. Using the jazz music of Charles Mingus in a contrapuntal way, Kirchheimer contrasts the illegal work of the graffiti artists to the sanctioned vandalism of advertising billboards which promote polluting products and warped values. , Studies the graffiti-covered subway trains of New York City. Develops a contrast between the illegal vandalism of graffiti and the legal vandalism of commercial bill boards.

Complete Record: A lyrical study of the graffiti-covered trains of the New York City subway system. Bearing messages like Earth Is Hell, Slave, and Crime, they reflect the impoverished lives of their authors. Using the jazz music of Charles Mingus in a contrapuntal way, Kirchheimer contrasts the illegal work of the graffiti artists to the sanctioned vandalism of advertising billboards which promote polluting products and warped values. , Studies the graffiti-covered subway trains of New York City. Develops a contrast between the illegal vandalism of graffiti and the legal vandalism of commercial bill boards. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.