More Press & Interviews

Posted on 19/05/2007 by Jon

More press and interviews keep coming in.

From IGN.COM “At the core of the film is a poignant social statement about public space and the war being waged for it by major corporations, the forces of gentrification, and the street artist rebels that express themselves on urban surfaces around the world. This makes for a provocative, and entertaining film that deserves to be seen. . . . we’ll never think the same way again about public space again.”

Interview with Jon Reiss in Giant Magazine.

An extensive interview with director Jon Reiss by Mark Malora for an new Online Talk Show Blip TV

And Tracy Wares and I with Indiwire

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The audience has spoken!

Posted on 13/05/2007 by admin

We had an incredible turn out to see Bomb It at the Tribeca Film Festival. We sold out at everyone of our screenings and sadly had to turn people way at the door because the demand was so high to catch Bomb It on the big screen.

See what our fans had to say:

Bomb It’s Audience Reaction Video Clip

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NY SUN review

Posted on 05/05/2007 by admin

Here’s what the NY SUN had to say about Bomb It in a review of select films at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival:

Jon Reiss’s whirlwind tour of legible landscapes hits New York, Paris, Capetown, Sao Paulo, and Los Angeles, pumping to a can’t-stop eclectic soundtrack that spans electric funk and endearingly awful French lounge techno. Local artists, some masked, offer a panoply of international styles, architectural canvases, and street philosophies.

“Bomb It” also elucidates a dazzling irony. Graffiti’s organic urban culture, forged in the 1970s, has essentially been succeeded today by corporate billboards and screens, which also scrawl all over building surfaces. Here then is a landscape film that hands you a new model for looking at New York’s tangled mediascape — a fitting selection for a festival looking to make its mark on an ever-changing city.

Read the full article here 

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Indiewire Interview

Posted on 03/05/2007 by admin

Indiewire caught up with us at Tribeca and here’s the video of Eugene Hernandez’s interview:

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Gen Art Pulse

Posted on 02/05/2007 by admin

 

Gen Art Pulse gave us a little write up.

The new flick Bomb It! is a compelling global documentary about graffiti art, specifically how governments try to abolish the practice and arrest anyone who takes part in it. The film focused on how most artists claim to have the best of intentions—albeit, intentions that the authorities obviously don’t agree with. It poses the question, when it comes to art, where should you draw the line?

Check out the full version here

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