Thanks to my boy minusbaby for the heads up on this one. The classic 1983 graffiti/hip-hop documentary, Style Wars, is up in its entirety on Google Video. I guess it makes sense, it was made as a Public Arts-sponsored/PBS project after all.

I watched it again last night, probably my 4th or 5th time seeing it, and it’s still brilliant. Comics (which this website has deals with more than a little bit) are obviously about the art, and have their own unique connections to urban culture. And now, compliments of the internet, you can get down with a pretty legendary film about one of the most important underground artistic movements in New York here. I think I might pick up the DVD when I get the chance, I hear it’s only $15 these days. A nice look at graffiti and hip-hop culture in the early 80s.

Now I just have to finally get around to seeing Bomb The System. Hey, El-P did the soundtrack, and I hear it ain’t half bad.

Anyway, after you catch the movie, or before, if you’re interested, you can check the new Style Wars website, winner of a few web design awards itself. You can buy the DVD there, if the movie interests you.

I’ll embed the video below, along with a link to the Google Video page itself, in case you’d like to watch it with a better screen-size. If you’ve never seen Style Wars before, here’s hoping you have time to check it out.

Style Wars (1983) on Google Video.