| Winner
Best Performance in a Feature Film, Silverlake Film Festival
Narrative Feature Sound Award, Austin Film Festival
Official Selection
Berlin International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
CineVegas Film Festival
Athens International Film Festival
Flanders International Film Festival
OUTFEST
Frameline, San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
Rio International Film Festival
Floating on a skateboard through the wet streets of Seattle and Portland in the small hours of the night, Nick 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 another tagger and they start up a friendship, his hopes and desires are like the art he left on back street buildings, abandoned railroad cars and lonely walls: beautiful, but hidden. Working at the top of their professions, writer-director James Bolton and cinematographer Sarah Levy found their equal on the other side of the camera in the sensitive, storytelling eyes of newcomer Ruben Bansie-Snellman. Highly reminiscent of the "Le Samourai", "The Graffiti Artist" evokes the city-and its nocturnal protagonist's place in it-with such hypnotic, chandleresque grace that story and dialogue seem effortlessly to spring from setting. Simply put, "The Graffiti Artist" is cinema: a perfect fantasy world of people, pictures, movement, romance, possibility.
"Fans of movies...such as "The 400 Blows or 'My Own Private Idaho" should check out this latest addition to their ranks --Reel.com, Hollywood Video
"If you have ever wanted to get inside. literally get inside, the head of an artist devoted to his creations "The Graffiti Artist" provides more insight into the process than most big budget films ever manage"--Metro G
"Utterly breath-taking...amazing storytelling."--Filethirteen.com |
