Rize PG-13
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 24 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 25, 2005
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | David LaChapelle | |
Music by | Amy Marie Beauchamp & Jose Cancela | |
Produced by | David LaChapelle, Marc Hawker & Rebecca Skinner | |
Director of Photography: | Morgan Susser |
Entertainment Reviews:
Recommended to fans, potential fans, and the curious; the main thing you can ask from a documentary is that it show you something new, and for me this one certainly did.
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Urban Cinefile
3 stars out of 5 -- [It's] astonishing to see the furiously kinetic real-time steps in David LaChapelle's brilliant documentary on the street-level dance scene...
Rolling Stone
The doc doesn't go as deep as it could, but as a snapshot of a facet of hip-hop and pop culture, it's perfect, and devoid of the garish style of LaChapelle's photographs.
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The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Rating: 3/5 --
[F]or all its mis-steps, Rize gets by on enough jumping, pumping energy to fuel the national grid.
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BBC.com
Ranked #18 in Rolling Stone's Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- [It] explodes with color and vitality on DVD....Eye-popping.
Rolling Stone
Rating: 4/5 --
Dealing with life's darkness is what this type of dancing is all about.
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Film Threat
Rating: 4.5/5 --
A triumph from every angle.
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IGN Movies
Product Description:
Famed photographer David LaChapelle gets behind a different kind of lens for RIZE, his feature film debut. LaChapelle heads to Los Angeles to make his mark in the cinematic world, shooting a documentary about a style of hip-hop dance called "krumping." Dividing his time between the personal lives of the dancers and some spectacular on-screen demonstrations courtesy of the cream of the krumpers, LaChapelle's bright, vivacious photographic style makes an impressive translation to the big screen. Central to LaChapelle's film is Tommy "The Clown" Johnson. In the wake of the 1992 L.A. riots, Tommy performed as a traveling clown act for children's parties. Unable to satisfy the enormous demand for his act, Tommy set up a small clown-recruiting business which flourished under his tutelage. As the 21st century dawned, Tommy noticed his younger recruits had worked a unique and highly agile dance routine into their act, and krumping was born. LaChapelle slowly unravels the ties that bind Tommy and his cohorts throughout the movie; broken homes, domestic violence, and other horrors have cast an irrepressibly dark shadow over the dancers lives. RIZE illustrates how krumping offers a cathartic release from these personal demons, and as the dancers cavort and gyrate for the cameras, it feels like their tortured souls are literally trying to escape from their bodies. In fact, krumping has become so successful that many of the dancers have turned their back on the shadowy gang activities that formerly offered them a highly dangerous outlet for their pent-up frustrations. As the dancers perform a jaw-dropping array of moves, a deliriously infectious mixture of fun, intensity, and jubilant release pours from the screen. Playing out like a west-coast relative to fellow 2005 film, the New York-based MAD HOT BALLROOM, LaChapelle's movie gloriously demonstrates the healing powers of dance.
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- UPC: 031398183112
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