Quinones, a graffiti artist in real life, and Frederick Brathwaite as a very cool artistpromotor." Reception įilm critic Vincent Canby wrote for The New York Times that Wild Style "never discovers a cinematic rhythm that accurately reflects and then celebrates the rare energy and wit of the artists within the film." However, he noted that the "subjects are appealing, especially Mr. By early 1984, it was being shown in other major cities. In November 1983, the film opened at the Embassy 46th Street Theatre on Broadway. Wild Style premiered as part of the New Directors/New Films Festival at the 57th Street Playhouse in New York on March 18, 1983. Sandra Fabara (Lady Pink) as Rose Lady bug.Frederick Brathwaite (Fab 5 Freddy) as Phade.
#Wildstyle graffiti series#
There are a series of encounters with graffiti artists, rappers and breakers, leading up to a giant rap-break concert in a Lower East Side band shell decorated by Raymond. Their graffiti murals attracted the attention of Virginia ( Patti Astor), a journalist, who brings the uptown hip-hop culture to the downtown art world. Raymond scorns a group of graffiti artists, known as the Union Crew, who have turned their talents to legitimate, commissioned murals on the walls of playgrounds and business establishments.
Wild Style centers around a Bronx teenager named Raymond (Lee Quiñones), who under the pseudonym "Zoro" is a celebrated but anonymous graffiti artist. The approach was a hybrid of a narrative musical and documentary, having the real hip hop pioneers play themselves in a loosely scripted story shot entirely in the South Bronx, the Lower East Side and MTA subway yards. Charlie Ahearn and Fab 5 Freddy began working on the film on late 1981.
The Wild Style mural was painted by Zephyr, Revolt and Sharp in 1983. The Dondi piece was the inspiration for the animated title sequence designed by the artist, Zephyr and animated by Joey Ahlbum in 1982. An early version of the Wild Style logo appeared in 1981 when Charlie Ahearn hired graffiti writer Dondi to paint the "window down" subway car piece that appears in the film.
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