Dogtown and Z-Boys (Deluxe Edition)
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• Subtitled
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In Theaters : 2001
DVD Release : 03 May, 2005 |
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Dogtown and Z-Boys (Deluxe Edition) Customer Reviews
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Poor side o' town diversion goes international
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It's always great to watch something grow and evolve: just as baseball probably got started in backyards and parks many centuries ago, skateboarding has kick-started its' own "learning curve", and it seems to be a much faster pace than America's Favorite Sport.
The kids with a few bucks could buy (I hope) a nice plank of maple or oak...then fashion something funky for cement, asphalt, or what swimming pools are made of.
These young guys found a spot to enjoy themselves, to hone their craft, although I doubt they knew what "hone" meant or that they were initiating a new sport. (Which at its' best involved alot of skill, grace, and...rowdiness).
I can't call them "working class" heroes because in this film it seems that the only poeople with jobs are the surf-shop owners and the police.
There's a very telling image of a skateboarder circling some presumptive *private* swimming pool - there appears to be a combination of standing gray water standing and green slime. The dude falls right in.
Did he say....wow....that's a sign. I'm going for my GED. (Then I'll apply for a job as Swimming Pool Technician.....). Forgive my presumptuousness, but I doubt it.
They spend just a little too much time "sidewalk [and private pool] surfin'" back then - and it's not cool to tear up a tax-payers' private digs and make Police waste time on punks (with hearts of gold - threw that in).
Interviews with those who were there are professionally done; an interview with legendary Jay Adams, now in drug-related custody, is at once riveting and repelling. Interviews with those who got rich and famous are also well-done, particularly with the interviewee who affirmatively asserts that he was *there* when the name "Dogtown" was created.
It appears that one original skateboard icon has actually moved on to environmentally-positive endeavours: the healthiest, happiest appearing exponent of the 'boarding pre-history is a woman - can't say it was a "sport formerly dominated by men", as she had equal status as a founder.
Ex-skateboarder Sean Penn does a nice, mellow narration - an adroit approach considering that the sport basically is a quiet one.
The actual footage appears to be all Super-8, so we have that "home movie" feel which nicely complements the high-tech. quality of the contemporary footage of the stars.
There's extras including an interview with the Producer of "The Lords Of Dogtown", which create interest in seeing that flick. |
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