简介：DiedYoung,StayedPrettyisacandidlookattheundergroundpostercultureinNorthAmerica.Thisuniquedocumentaryexaminesthecreativespiritthatdrivestheseindiegraphicartists.TheypickthroughthedregsofAmerica’sschizophreniccultureandpiecethembacktogether.WhatyouendupwithisacaricatureoftheblackandbloatedheartthatpulsesgreedthroughtheUSeconomy.Theartistspushfurtherintothepulptograbtheattentionofpassersby,plasteringartthat’sbothvulgarandintenselyvisceralontothegnarledsurfacesoftheurbanlandscape.Thefilmgivesusintimatelookatsomeofthegiantsofthismodernsubculture.Outsideoftheirowncircle,they’revirtuallyunknown.Butwithintheirrankstheymakeupanarmyofbareknucklebrawlers,publiclyarguingtheaestheticmeritsofoctopusimageryandhairy70spornstars.They’vecreatedtheirownvisuallanguagefordescribingthespottyunderbellyofwesterncivilizationandthey'renotshyaboutthrowingitinthefaceofpolitesociety.Alongtheway,theymanagetocreatepostersthatarestrikinglyobscene,unflinchinglyblasphemousandoftenquitebeautiful.Yaghoobianshowstheseartistsforwhattheyare:thevivisectionistsofAmerica’smorbidlyobeseconsumerculture.…