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- 2002
- R
- The Criterion Channel
- 1 h 32 m
- 2002
- R
- The Criterion Channel
- 1 h 32 m
Summary A feature length film about the hip-hop DJ and today's turntablist movement. From the South Bronx in the 70's to San Francisco today, the world's best scratchers, diggers, party-rockers and producers celebrate beats, breaks, battles, and the infinite possibilities of vinyl. (Palm Pictures)
- 2002
- R
- The Criterion Channel
- 1 h 32 m
- 2002
- R
- The Criterion Channel
- 1 h 32 m
Scratch
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3.9
Summary A feature length film about the hip-hop DJ and today's turntablist movement. From the South Bronx in the 70's to San Francisco today, the world's best scratchers, diggers, party-rockers and producers celebrate beats, breaks, battles, and the infinite possibilities of vinyl. (Palm Pictures)
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
77
96% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
4% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Among the film's highlights are an interview with Grand Wizard Theodore, who is generally uncontested in his claim to have invented the idea of scratching vinyl.
So upbeat it might as well arrive on a sunbeam.
It's a doozy of a story, too, about a group of musicians who use the technology of the present and the mindset of the future to make a delicious hash out of the best parts of the past.
It's a documentary that invites viewers inside its story to groove along with a genre that's changing the past, present and future of contemporary music.
An illuminating and entertaining study of an underground culture that has become part of the American mainstream.
Works best as a straightforward appreciation of the music. Though docu's structure wears out full viewer interest after an hour or so, few will come away with staid prejudices (i.e. that turntablism isn't "real" musicianship) intact.
A standard mix of performances, interviews, and gimmickry -- the image and sound sometimes loop or jump in a tiresomely literal attempt to translate the techniques of scratching and "beat juggling" into cinema.
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Generally Unfavorable
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Production Company
Firewalks Film,
Magic Lamp,
Ridgeway Entertainment
Release Date Feb 15, 2002
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating R
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Awards
Atlanta Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Nomination