Product Details

• Actors: Earsnot, Claw, NM, Saber, Jase
• Directors: Doug Pray
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: October 17, 2006
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000H5U5EO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,626 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Infamy" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Follows the lives of six graffiti artists and one \graffiti guerilla" whose mission is to clean up or paint over graffiti.
Genre: Documentary
Rating: NR
Release Date: 17-OCT-2006
Media Type: DVD"""

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This documentary helps you experience a sub-culture, March 3, 2010

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Bryan Creel - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Infamy (DVD)

I have recently become impressed with Doug Pray's documentary work. Infamy is about the graffiti sub-culture. He follows 5 or 6 of the more prolific taggers to see how they work and listen to their thoughts. It really gave me insight into why these guys (and girls) have a passion for their particular brand of art. He also includes one "buffer", which is a guy who eliminates graffiti in his neighborhood. The buffer was pretty funny because his last scene essentially shows that he is really a form of tagger!

There is some good footage of the artists actually creating their work with markers or spray paint. It really drew a striking parallel with calligraphy. Their motions are often so practiced and smooth that the movements seem to be as much art as the final result. Of course there are also shots of many beautiful works in the film. If you have any interest in the graffiti scene, check out this film.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Infamy rules, April 20, 2009

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greg "Storyteller" (Tampa, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Infamy (DVD)

Like most of Doug Pray's films (Scratch, Surfwise, Big Rig), he takes a subculture that has strong negative connotations and puts a human face to it. Like most people, I have had mixed feeling about graffiti. I've seen some amazing murals by graf artists, but the signature scrawls you see everywhere tend to piss me off. But after I saw this film, at least now I look at it in a different way. Great stuff. I will never look at graffiti the same way again.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great overview of Graff writers, thier motovations & consequences, December 31, 2007

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C. Aumack (Piscataway, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Infamy (DVD)

Infamy is a good documentary style graff film that takes the time to really explain what graffiti writers are about. This is not just a 'piece' reel to showcase styles from different areas (Graffiti Verite'), nor is it a fictional movie with a plot (aka Bomb the System). Infamy details the motivations and ambitions of some well-known writers form around the country. All the writers interviewed are very articulate and express their thoughts and emotions clearly and are to the point, particularly Earsnot, NM, Saber, and DAZE. I found the bonus footage even more interesting than the film itself. Bonus material touches on topics ranging from the relationship of hip-hop and graff, the perception that graff writers are unsuccessful unemployed losers, and the commercialization of the graffiti subculture as it explodes into the mainstream.

Regardless of your take on graffiti and the people who produce it, watch this DVD and you'll gain insight on why they do it and what pushes them to continue. I found Anti-Graffti Nazi Joe Connely's point of view pretty valuable too. By the end of the film, we learn that he's actually doing the thing that he despises most.

"If you're going to be a writer, just shut the F up and write graffiti... and don't tell nobody"