Style Wars (1983)

The opening to Style Wars is one of the most captivating starts to any film I’ve ever seen. The way a single spotlight illuminates the graffiti on subway trains while they pull into the terminal, mixed with the haunting classical music sets up this brilliant, swelling, dicotomy. The darkness is replaced with bright exterior shots and the expected sounds of rap. Suddenly, a culture has come out. It is no longer underground.

~ by Ryan Sarnowski on March 12, 2009.