Style Wars

1984 · 70 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 3,440 VOTES · DIR. Tony Silver

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Overview

Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,316 lines

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00:00:18 ( Orchestral music plays )
00:04:28 You know, he wants to get in
00:07:01 Here we go! Here we go!
00:10:50 Now, most people do it.
00:13:47 - Or is it a nom de plume? - It is a nom de plume.
00:16:29 You've got to have your first outline.
00:18:55 and it's not aerosol like Krylon.
00:21:44 - - Somebody say-- - - Get up! Get up!
00:24:06 adds onto your own individual style.
00:26:39 l said, ''Oh, that looks all right.
00:28:54 Knowing we the best. Know what I'm sayin'?
00:31:36 (Music) On the train just groovin' like a seesaw (Music)
00:34:25 Nobody's listening to me.
00:36:56 I'm gonna go write some graffiti.
00:39:18 it just makes your neighbourhood look worse.
00:41:48 'cause my tissues and muscles was burnt bad.
00:44:49 that hurt me, you know?
00:46:57 - Pistol: What you write, bro'? - l write Mare, man.
00:49:59 is slowly dying out, and this is taking its place.
00:52:13 if something should happen, I'll go along with it
00:54:38 Consider us the professionals.
00:57:08 With all respect, l think you are close
01:00:40 l said, ''l thought that was what the dog was for.''
01:03:41 And I'd rather let her know that l was doing it

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,316
Dialogue density18.8 lines / min
First line00:00:18
Final line01:03:41

Production Record

DirectorTony Silver
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,440