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Structuring Strategies: Jon Reiss' Bomb It! 7:00 PM, April 15, 2008
TUESDAY, APRIL 15, BIJOU AUDITORIUM STRUCTURING STRATEGIES Directing Program Faculty Independent filmmaker will present his latest film Bomb It! Bomb It! investigates the most
subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international
youth culture: graffiti. Through interviews and guerilla footage of
graffiti writers in action on 5 continents, the film tells the story
of graffiti from its origins in prehistoric cave paintings thru its
notorious explosion in New York City during the 1970s and 1980s, then
follows the flames as they paint the globe. Featuring old school legends
and current favorites such as Taki 183, Cornbread, Stay High 149, T-Kid,
Cope 2, Zephyr, Revs, Os Gemeos, KET, Chino, Shepard Fairey, Revok,
and Mear One. This cutting edge documentary tracks down today's most
innovative and pervasive street artists as they battle for control over
the urban visual landscape. Bomb It was shot in Los Angeles,
New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tijuana, London, Paris, Amsterdam,
Barcelona, Hamburg, Berlin, Cape Town, São Paulo, and Tokyo. Told in a kinetic style that mirrors
the "action painting" style of its artists,
Bomb It! is wildly entertaining, using its visual style and urban
music to fantastic effect - Film 21 The high-energy Bomb It! presents an in-depth, and extremely entertaining, look at the history of graffiti from gifted music video director Jon Reiss... The New York Daily News Named one of "10 Digital Directors
to Watch" by Daily Variety, Jon Reiss directed the documentary
feature film Better Living Through Circuitry, a startling, humorous
and entertaining glimpse into the exploding rave culture featuring such
acts as the Crystal Method, Roni Size, and Moby, among others. The film
played at such festivals as RESfest, Rotterdam, Sao Paulo, Copenhagen,
Los Angeles Independent, Seattle, Vancouver, and Sheffield International
Doc Festival before being released theatrically in the United States.
Following its theatrical distribution the film had numerous screenings
on Showtime and Sundance Channel as well as a worldwide DVD/VHS release. His first film, Cleopatra's Second
Husband, is a dark psychological drama which screened at the Los
Angeles Independent, Seattle, Montreal World, Hamptons, Houston, Sao
Paulo and Bangkok film festivals, winning Best First Feature at Cinequest
before its theatrical release in the United States and subsequent DVD
release by First Run Features. The film will made its bow on IFC/Rainbow
Cable in 2006. An award-winning music video director,
Reiss has directed videos for Nine Inch Nails, The Black Crowes, Danzig,
Slayer, and the Kottonmouth Kings. Reiss' "Happiness in Slavery"
video for Nine Inch Nails won awards at the Chicago and San Francisco
film festivals and was voted Top Ten by the Village Voice Critics Poll
for Best Music Video. In 1995 the Toronto Film Festival curated a retrospective
of Reiss' music videos. His shorts screened at festivals throughout
the world including Sundance, Berlin, New Directors/New Films, Edinburgh,
and Chicago. Reiss received his MFA from the UCLA Film School. Jon Reiss' early credits also include
four hour-long documentaries concerning the notorious performance group
Survival Research Laboratories. These documentaries have screened in
festivals, theaters and cultural centers throughout the world. All were
included on a compilation DVD 10 Years of Robotic Mayhem released
Summer 2004. Reiss got his start in filmmaking at Target Video, a San
Francisco based alternative video company where he covered much of the
West Coast punk explosion. He has been teaching in CalArts'
Film Directing Program since 2005 For more information go to www.jonreiss.com. |