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POPaganda: The Art & Crimes of Ron English
Director/Producer: Pedro Carvajal
Editor: Kevin Chapados
Featuring the art of Ron English. Also featuring art by Shepard Fairey, ArtFux, Cicada, and Anthony Ausgang
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Length: 75:00 minutes
Genre: Feature Documentary
Director/ Producer: Pedro Carvajal
Featuring the art of Ron English. Also featuring art by Shepard Fairey, and Cicada
Music by: The Dandy Warhols, Daniel Johnston, Tripping Daisy, and much more
Editor: Kevin Chapados
Associate Producer: Nicole Steffen
Year: 2005
Contact numbers: tel 347-751-4870 / 347-754-8672
fax: 253-390-3847
Email: pedro2nd@hotmail.com
or Harvest-Moon@juno.com
4 Star Review
Film Threat - Truth in Entertainment, April 2006
By Eric Campos
POPaganda: The Art & Crimes of Ron English is a film about the culture-jamming and billboard-liberation antics of Ron English. The modern day Robin Hood of Madison Avenue, Ron paints, perverts, infiltrates, reinvents and satirizes modern culture on canvas, in songs, and directly on hundreds of pirated billboards. Shot entirely guerilla-style, the film chronicles the evolution of an artist who offers an alternative universe where nothing is sacred, everything is subverted and there's always room for a little good-natured fun.
The original 30 minute version has recently been expended to a full-feature documentary running time 82:00 minutes. This film is in competition for the Golden Gate Award!
Publicity contacts:
Mary Keeler
Publicity
Cinema Libre Studio
8328 De Soto Avenue
Canoga Park, CA 91304
P: 818-349-8822
F: 818-349-9922
www.cinemalibrestudio.com
What critics are saying about POPaganda:
"Hilarious and engaging"
--James Israel, Festival Circuit - AIVF
"A colorful and riveting look at a subversive and his art"
--LOGAN HILL AND BILGE EBIRI, New York Magazine
"Ron's art is an antidote to the poison in our culture"
--Lilly Hatch, NY Arts Magazine
"Should not be missed..."
--Ann Behrens, The Jersey Journal
"Totally delightful. Pedro captures the subversive edge and pop art appeal of English's art. "
--Angela Alston & Eric Zechman, Listen With Your Eyes Film Festival
"An eye-opening journey through the life and career of this renegade artist"
--Eric Campos - Film Threat
"A colorful and riveting look at a subversive and his art"
--LOGAN HILL AND BILGE EBIRI, New York Magazine
"Mr. English is an engaging personality, and watching him and his crew hijack the
billboards, can be an exhilarating experience for anyone who's ever wanted to stick it to The Man."
--Stephen Becker, The Dallas Morning News
"If you?ve always thought of art as a stuffy subject, POPaganda will rock your world."
--Steve Warren, The Dallas Voice
"The self styled outlaw artist is like Michael Moore, Andy Warhol and R. Crumb wrapped into one. As such, he?s an unlikely hero in the war against corporate superpowers."
--Dan Tranberg, The Plain Dealer
"Refreshingly Uncensored"
--The Toronto Sun
"Carvajal's documentary is a fascinating portrait of the billboard bandit, complete with how-to pointers and a wealth of imagery and ideas"
--The Austin Chronicle
"Pedro Carvajal's POPaganda: The Art and Crimes of Ron English more than satisfies. Its fast-motion look at this guerrilla artist, who targets corporate billboards with pasted-on caricatures, transcends mere rooting interest in the anti-authoritarian's antics."
--The San Francisco Weekly
"Cheering is a more likely reaction to Pedro Carvajal's POPaganda: The Art and Crimes of Ron English"
--The San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Engaging and enjoyable"
--Matt Langdon - Filmcritic.com
"Ron's art is an antidote to the poison in our culture"
--Lilly Hatch, NY Arts Magazine
So please Come and Join us for a mostly fun evening!
4 Star Review
Film Threat - Truth in Entertainment, April 2006
By Eric Campos
Read a Review of the Documentary from
the Independent Festival Circuit, April 2004
By James Israel
New York Magazine Review - August 2004
DVDtalk.com
Review - October 2006
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