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The Graffiti Artist
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The Graffiti Artist

2004-02-12 · 80 min · ★ 5.7

Drama · Romance

Adrift in the lush, nocturnal urban landscape of THE GRAFFITI ARTIST, Nick (Ruben Bansie-Snellman) is a post-modern urban hero asserting his anarchistic agenda on the endless maze of virgin exterior walls that comprise downtown Seattle and Portland. For this iconoclastic young visionary, the vast wall surfaces of deserted alleys and train yards are at once a daunting symbol of capitalist oppression and a texturally rich, seamless tableau ripe for exploitation to amplify his artistic dialectic of anger and rebellion.

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Directors
James Bolton
Production companies
Mettray Reformatory Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ruben Bansie-SnellmanRuben Bansie-SnellmanNick
Pepper FajansJesse
Luke CookLuke CookBoy at Burnside Skate Park
Pledgure DuoshunHardware Stock Clerk
Zachary S. SmallsPolice Officer #1
Robert D. Heath Jr.Robert D. Heath Jr.Police Officer #2
Rich ClemetsBooking Officer
Rich CarltonSkate Shop Clerk
Dan StegnerBoy at Burnside Skate Park
Justin LawrenceUndercover Cop #1
Megan JohnstonSmoothie Shop Girl
Natascha SnellmanSister

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