简介：Adriftinalush,nocturnalurbanlandscape,Nickisapost-modernurbanheroassertinghisanarchisticagendaontheendlessmazeofvirginexteriorwallsthatcomprisedowntownSeattleandPortland.Forwriter/directorBolton'slonely"tagger"protagonist,thevastwallsurfacesofdesertedalleysandtrainyardsareatonceadauntingsymbolofcapitalistoppressionandatexturallyrich,seamlesstableauripeforexploitationtoamplifyhisartisticdialecticofangerandrebellion.Hisownvirtuallyanonymousexistenceseeminglyonlysecondarytothepaintedsurfacesand"rupturethesystem"manifestowhichmorepoignantlyevidencehispresence,Nick'sprodigioussolograffitioutputisinterruptedbyfriendshipwithanotheryoungtagger.Theircommunicationbeginsaslessverbalthanakindofsharedgraphictourdeforce;theirenormouscollaborativegraffitimuralsappeartoemergeastheunmistakableoffspringoftheirkindredspirit.Buteventuallytheirassumptionsaboutoneanotheraredisprovedaspolitical,emotionalandethicalissuesarisewhichcausetheirrelationshiptodissolveintothebackgroundofurbandetritus,andtheartiststhemselvesemergeonlyfurtheratomizedandalienatedbytheexperience.Compellingthemes,sensitiveperformances,andlusciousvisualsdefinethisfilmwhichisarevealingimmersionintotheexperientialrealityofthosedaringtomaketheirartinasociallycondemnedarena.Forafilmostensiblyfocusingonmanipulatedsurfaces,Bolton'scinematicartistryprobesdeepintotheconsciousnessofthe"tagger"and"graffitiartist"sub-culture.…