Contains spoiling
I'm really into artistic movies. "The Graffiti Artist' is an interesting study about the empty life of a young sprayer who does nothing else all day than leaving his tag everywhere he goes. Okay, he also does a lot of shoplifting, and then he meets another sprayer, the two boys develop a relationship but realize that they don't fit together and they break up. "The Graffiti Artist' is a good movie, but my problem was that as a foreigner, I didn't understand half of the dialogues. That dialect the two boys speak they don't speak much, but when they do, I really wonder why the hell I've spent seven years of my life learning English. Some single words let me guess what they were talking about but the language problem caused me even more questions about the movie. Here are some of them: Nick and Jesse seem quite young why do they already live alone? How can they afford a flat if they don't go to work? What was the reason why Jesse suddenly left? (He explained that to Nick but his strange accent made it impossible to me understanding him.) So, in the end I can say I recommend this movie to people who like it artistic, who appreciate it when a director lets the pictures speak, and not the characters (and I'm really really thankful for that ) and to everybody who's interested in the graffiti milieu. Many people probably won't like the movie because it starts nowhere and ends nowhere, the only story it tells is the short relationship between Nick and Jesse, and that one is quite frustrating, partly because there's not much happening, but especially because the spectator sees it with Nick's eyes, who seems to have liked it lasting a little longer. Impatient people shouldn't watch "The Graffiti Artist', because there isn't much action. But when Nick sprays his paintings and permanently watches his back if nobody is coming, and when he is chased by the police, it becomes really exciting.
Rating: 6/10 (7 if I had watched it with subtitles)
I'm really into artistic movies. "The Graffiti Artist' is an interesting study about the empty life of a young sprayer who does nothing else all day than leaving his tag everywhere he goes. Okay, he also does a lot of shoplifting, and then he meets another sprayer, the two boys develop a relationship but realize that they don't fit together and they break up. "The Graffiti Artist' is a good movie, but my problem was that as a foreigner, I didn't understand half of the dialogues. That dialect the two boys speak they don't speak much, but when they do, I really wonder why the hell I've spent seven years of my life learning English. Some single words let me guess what they were talking about but the language problem caused me even more questions about the movie. Here are some of them: Nick and Jesse seem quite young why do they already live alone? How can they afford a flat if they don't go to work? What was the reason why Jesse suddenly left? (He explained that to Nick but his strange accent made it impossible to me understanding him.) So, in the end I can say I recommend this movie to people who like it artistic, who appreciate it when a director lets the pictures speak, and not the characters (and I'm really really thankful for that ) and to everybody who's interested in the graffiti milieu. Many people probably won't like the movie because it starts nowhere and ends nowhere, the only story it tells is the short relationship between Nick and Jesse, and that one is quite frustrating, partly because there's not much happening, but especially because the spectator sees it with Nick's eyes, who seems to have liked it lasting a little longer. Impatient people shouldn't watch "The Graffiti Artist', because there isn't much action. But when Nick sprays his paintings and permanently watches his back if nobody is coming, and when he is chased by the police, it becomes really exciting.
Rating: 6/10 (7 if I had watched it with subtitles)