"Style Wars" came out after "Wild Style," a drama about this emerging culture in New York called hip-hop. But it preceded "Beat Street," (1984) which was a drama that had all of the elements of the documentary "Style Wars." In fact, I'd say that "Beat Street" was patterned directly after "Style Wars." Dare I say that "Beat Street" was a biter. They bit off of "Style Wars."
"Style Wars" focuses mostly on the graffiti element while giving some run to b-boying (dancing), MC'ing (rapping) and DJ'ing. For me the whole thing is surreal. I watched the movie "Beat Street" hundreds of times and thought it was just a really good movie, I never suspected that it was depicting real people in New York in the early 80's.
If you want a complete early 80's hip-hop cinema collection, see "Wild Style," "Style Wars," "Beat Street," "Breakin'," and "Krush Groove."
"Style Wars" focuses mostly on the graffiti element while giving some run to b-boying (dancing), MC'ing (rapping) and DJ'ing. For me the whole thing is surreal. I watched the movie "Beat Street" hundreds of times and thought it was just a really good movie, I never suspected that it was depicting real people in New York in the early 80's.
If you want a complete early 80's hip-hop cinema collection, see "Wild Style," "Style Wars," "Beat Street," "Breakin'," and "Krush Groove."