Against the Wall: Quality of Life
by Benjamin Morgan
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Actor: Andrew A. Rolfes, Brian Burnam, Lane Garrison, Luis Saguar, Mackenzie FirgensDirector: Benjamin Morgan
Brand: Universal
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: 26577
Studio: Screen Media
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DVD Review: Quality of Life
Summary: 3 Stars
Benjamin Morgan's no budget character study Quality of Life is a decent film. It's not a great film but the term independent gem may well apply. Quality of Life refers to those nuisance laws like littering, prostitution and graffiti writing that degrade the status quo from inside the system.
The film follows the paths of two graffiti artists in the Mission District of San Francisco. Michael aka Heir (Lane Garrison) and Curtis aka Vain (Brian Burnam) are house painters by day and graffiti artists by night. After a run in with the law the friends follow two divergent paths. Heir moves in the direction of getting a job in an ad agency while Vain continues to spiral out of control and into self destructive behavior.
While the acting is not always even the performances by the leads are generally effective. There is good support from Luis Saguar as a concerned father and from Mackenzie Firgens as Vain's live-in girlfriend, Lisa.
The filmmakers, working on a shoestring budget,produce a compelling portrait of the graffiti and hip hop lifestyle. The disc that I viewed from Screen Media was bare bones. I understand that the filmmakers have a bonus filled edition available for sale at their website. If you are a fan this may be the better edition to purchase. One slight problem that I did notice was that the sound was mixed extremely low during the feature. This problem is not present on the commentary track by Morgan and producer Brant Smith. The commentary track is a good listen and explains the trials and tribulations of no budget filmmaking.
This is one small gem that is worth checking out.
Description of Against the Wall: Quality of Life
Celegrated graffiti artists heir & vain are superstars in the underground world of san franciscos mission district urban outlaws always on the run. After a clash with the law they find their lives spinning out of control with explosive consequences. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/22/2007 Starring: Lane Garrison Brian Burnam Run time: 84 minutes Rating: RBestsellers in DVD
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