Slam [1999]

See Larger Image	Manufacturer: Tartan Video Starring: Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, Bonz Malone, Lawrence Wilson, Beau Sia Directed By: Marc Levin Average Customer Rating:


Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 5024165866436 Format: PAL Label: Tartan Video Manufacturer: Tartan Video Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Tartan Video Release Date: 2000-04-17 Running Time: 99 Studio: Tartan Video Theatrical Release Date: 1998-10-07
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Slam Comment: Wow. Just wow. A powerful movie, subtle and moving, for once treating the subject of inner-city African-American life with dignity and respect. It is shys away from the typical taudry 'guns and hos' trivialisation of ghetto life. The rhymes are amazing, the acting superb. Just one of the best films I have seen in a while. Customer Rating: Summary: Poetry is alive, well and living in Dodge City Comment: This film is an intense, cruel and powerful drama, made even more so by the impromptu performance poetry which gives this film it's title. The acting is top class and the plot is completely engaging, proving to anyone that has any doubts about the new style of big-screen art films, bringing small soundbites of society to anyone who cares to watch. The poetry makes the film itself completely memorable and unique, and adds depths to the film's subject matter of alternative cultures, what with the poet belonging, at the turn of the millenium, to perhaps one of the most superlative of sub-cultures. Williams' soaring and heart-stoppingly dramatic poetry slams leave your pulse racing, and teaches the masses that poetry needn't be pompous or archaic, belonging in the realm of dusty old tombs of uncomprehendable pretentiousness. Poetry is alive, makes the listener feel alive, and no-one has given that power and life and realism to poetry for a very long time. More Reviews