Dogtown and Z-boys |
![]() Sidewalk surfing. Stacy Peralta wows the world | |||
dir Stacy Peralta scr Stacy Peralta, Craig Stecyk with Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, Craig Stecyk, Glen E Friedman, Jeff Ho, Wentzle Ruml, Peggy Oki, Paul Constantineau, Shogo Kubo, Henry Rollins, Sean Penn release US 26.Apr.02; UK 28.Jun.02 01/US 1h29 ![]() See also: LORDS OF DOGTOWN | RIDING GIANTS | ||||
![]() Director Paralta is one of the original Zephyr Team members, so there's a real sense that this doc is an inside job, complete with a seemingly inflated sense of the group's importance. But what they did was truly groundbreaking. And the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved, not only gathering terrific anecdotes, but capturing their personalities and inner thoughts on camera. This makes it not only a detailed historical document, but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture. And it's put together with a real visual flair, using unusual editing, insightful narration (by Sean Penn), clever graphics and, most impressively, making the large number of still images seem to move with electric energy. It's definitely worth looking for. And not just because I was born in Dogtown. Winner: Best Documentary at Sundance 01
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