This is a documentary, written and directed by a glass pipe artist, that explores the topic of glass blown pipes, and the subculture that has formed to embrace it. However, due to it’s connections to marijuana and other drugs, the glass pipes are considered paraphernalia by the government. The artists
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The following text is taken from the Vimeo site for the trailer to The Sheik and I: Commissioned by a Middle Eastern Biennial to make a film on the theme of “art as a subversive act,” independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi (I AM A SEX ADDICT) goes overboard. Told that he
This is a scene from Larry Clark’s 1995 film “Kids.” Clark became famous in the 70s for his photographs of young people doing lurid things. “Kids” was shocking because it had verisimilitude–it seemed like a nakedly truthful depiction of thoroughly debauched children. It was a huge but controversial indie hit
Hollywood movies such as Ocean’s Eleven, Catch Me If You Can, and The Godfather glorify crime and criminal behavior. In Ocean’s Eleven, a group of thieves rob a casino. The art of movie making has become increasingly interested in turning criminal behavior from socially unacceptable to socially desirable. In these
In the 1968 movie Bullet, Steve McQueen plays a police detective working on solving a case. In the movie is this epic car chase. This car chase has been known as the best car chase scene in any movie ever, and it is still consistently voted in the top. The
In the movies of the Fast and Furious, it is mainly about people driving their cars fast. And by fast, I mean illegally speeding type of fast! These movies are an example of underground entertainment that is highly dangerous, very illegal, and hugely glamorized. In Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift,