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Beautiful Losers (film)
''Beautiful Losers'' is a 2008 documentary filmed by director Aaron Rose and co-directed by Joshua Leonard. It was produced by Sidetrack Films in association with BlackLake Productions, and stars several artists including Harmony Korine (writer of independent cult films ''Kids'' (1995) and ''Gummo'' (1997), the latter directed by Korine himself) and former graffiti artist Steve "ESPO" Powers. It premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2008 and later in general release on August 8, 2008 at the IFC Center in New York City. Subject matter The film focuses on the careers and work of a collective group of artists who since the 1990s began a movement in the art world using D.I.Y. aesthetics from skateboarding, graffiti and underground music such as punk rock and hip-hop. The artists discussed and interviewed in the film include Thomas Campbell, Cheryl Dunn, Shepard Fairey, Harmony Korine, Geoff McFetridge, Clare Rojas, Barry McGee, Margaret Kilgallen, Mike Mills, Steve "Espo" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Campbell (visual Artist)
Thomas Campbell (born c. 1969) is a California-based visual artist, filmmaker, sculptor and photographer whose work has appeared on the Ugly Casanova album Sharpen Your Teeth and in Juxtapoz Magazine's September 2006 issue. Thomas grew up surfing and skating in southern California before moving to New York in the 1980s. In that setting he came to know and be associated with the artists that would go on to make up San Francisco's Mission School The Mission School (sometimes called "New Folk" or "Urban Rustic") is an art movement of the 1990s and 2000s, centered in the Mission District, San Francisco, California. History and characteristics This movement is generally considered to have ... painters and the generation that would be at least loosely defined by the Beautiful Losers exhibition in 2004. His first feature-length surf film, ''The Seedling'', came out in 1999; his second release was a film called ''Sprout'' in 2004, and his third surf film is called ''The Present'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Documentary Films
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2008 Films
The year 2008 involved many major film events. ''The Dark Knight'' was the year's highest-grossing film, while ''Slumdog Millionaire'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture (out of eight Academy Awards). Evaluation of the year 2008 has been widely considered to be a very significant year for cinema. The entertainment agency website IGN described 2008 as "one of the biggest years ever for movies." It stated, "2008 was the year when the comic book movie genre not only hits its zenith, but also gained critical respectability thanks to ''The Dark Knight''. Animated films also proved a huge draw for filmgoers, with Pixar's ''WALL-E'' becoming not only the highest grossing toon but also the most lauded. Things got off on the right foot with the monster movie madness of ''Cloverfield''. Marvel got down to business laying the groundwork for their superhero team-up ''The Avengers'' with the blockbuster hit ''Iron Man'' and their respectable attempt at rebooting ''The Incredible Hulk''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Distributed Art Publishers
D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. is an American company that distributes and publishes books on art, photography, design, and visual culture. ARTBOOK website, March 10, 2011. Founding D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers was founded in New York in 1990 (and incorporated in 1992) by Sharon Helgason Gallagher (B.A., Yale University; M.A. Columbia University), who had previously worked as rights director and managing editor at . It started out as a partnership between Gallagher and Daniel Power, with an office supplied by |
Beautiful Losers Book
Beautiful, an adjective used to describe things as possessing beauty, may refer to: Film and theater * Beautiful (2000 film), ''Beautiful'' (2000 film), an American film directed by Sally Field * Beautiful (2008 film), ''Beautiful'' (2008 film), a South Korean film directed by Juhn Jai-hong * Beautiful (2009 film), ''Beautiful'' (2009 film), an Australian film directed by Dean O'Flaherty * Beautiful (2011 film), ''Beautiful'' (2011 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film directed by V. K. Prakash * ''Beautiful: The Carole King Musical'', a 2014 Broadway musical Music * The Beautiful (band), an American rock band 1988–1993 Albums * Beautiful (Candido Camero album), ''Beautiful'' (Candido Camero album) or the title song, 1970 *''Beautiful!'', by Charles McPherson, 1975 * Beautiful (David Tao album), ''Beautiful'' (David Tao album), 2006 * Beautiful (Fantastic Plastic Machine album), ''Beautiful'' (Fantastic Plastic Machine album), 2001 * Beautiful (Fish Leong album), ''Beautif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
