{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{"alt":"Style Wars, The Outtakes","height":1520,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/style-wars-the-outtakes/tony-with-camera.jpg","width":2480},"credit":"","date":"2011-11-08T14:37:01Z","description":"Style Wars was originally edited to its 69 minute length from about 30 hours of 16 mm film. Nowadays, the original outtakes footage is damaged and fading, for what reason Henry Chalfant needs your help!","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/martha-cooper-henry-chalfant-about-graffiti/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenry Chalfant\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eTony Silver\u003c/strong\u003e have a problem: The original \u003cem\u003eStyle Wars\u003c/em\u003e outtakes footage is damaged and fading. And although with costs around 28,000 USD it’s really expensive there still is a chance to save the unique footage!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle Wars is considered the indispensable document of New York Street culture of the early ’80s, the record on film of a golden age of youthful creativity that exploded into the world from a city in crisis.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo save the hours of exciting and wonderful scenes in the extra footage that didn’t make it into the finished film, all you have to do is to donate some coins \u003ca href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1254583771/style-wars-the-outtakes\"\u003evia kickstarter\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVia \u003ca href=\"http://ilovegraffiti.de/blog/2011/11/07/style-wars-henry-chalfant-bitte-um-hilfe/\"\u003eilovegraffiti.de\u003c/a\u003e. Photo by Martha Cooper.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n\n\n[**Henry Chalfant**](/martha-cooper-henry-chalfant-about-graffiti/) and **Tony Silver** have a problem: The original *Style Wars* outtakes footage is damaged and fading. And although with costs around 28,000 USD it’s really expensive there still is a chance to save the unique footage!\n\n\u003e Style Wars is considered the indispensable document of New York Street culture of the early ’80s, the record on film of a golden age of youthful creativity that exploded into the world from a city in crisis.\n\nTo save the hours of exciting and wonderful scenes in the extra footage that didn’t make it into the finished film, all you have to do is to donate some coins [via kickstarter](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1254583771/style-wars-the-outtakes)!\n\n\n\nVia [ilovegraffiti.de](http://ilovegraffiti.de/blog/2011/11/07/style-wars-henry-chalfant-bitte-um-hilfe/). Photo by Martha Cooper.\n","tags":["Documentary Film","Henry Chalfant","Style Wars","Graffiti America"],"title":"Style Wars, The Outtakes","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/style-wars-the-outtakes/"}