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Oct 12, 2024 · Dogtown and Z-Boys: Skateboarding documentary, narrated by Sean Penn. Dogtown and Z-Boys airs on Sky Documentaries HD at 9:00 AM, Saturday 12 October. Skateboarding documentary, narrated by Sean Penn
- Abstract
- An Unlikely Source Text: The Work of Craig Stecyk
- Adapting Stecyk: Explicit Connections, Implicit Adaptations
- Documentary and Adaptation: Further Reflections on Dogtown and Z-Boys
This essay begins with a fairly straightforward premise: what does it mean to ‘adapt’ in the realm of documentary? Dudley Andrew, in his famous treatment of adaptation over twenty years ago (in Concepts of Film Theory) remarks in passing that every documentary might be considered an adaptation, since, as he puts it, ‘What is any documentary for tha...
Of the figures at the heart of the Dogtown history, the artist, writer, and photographer Craig Stecyk rightfully holds an important place, and it is very much a place that he has literally written and photographed himself into. Stecyk grew up in Santa Monica, California, surfing, as well as ‘diving, fishing, boating and open ocean swimming’; his fa...
Although one finds references to Stecyk throughout the film, his presence is acutely felt in the opening four minutes. In fact, Dogtown and Z-Boys may be one of the few cases of an adaptation beginning with the production credit: the opening image of Vans ‘Off the Wall’ Productions, before the film has started, already cites Stecyk (see Figure 3). ...
To begin this section with another question, the reader at this point may simply ask what is the difference between a source and a source text and might Stecyk's work simply be the former more than the latter? To put it more bluntly, at one point does adaptation cede into something else entirely? Thomas Leitch's recent Film Adaptation & its Discont...
- David T. Johnson
- 2009
Meet California's Z-Boys, who kicked off an American pop culture phenomenon in the 1970s when they brought their traditional surfing techniques to the world of skateboarding.
Aug 8, 2002 · Narrated by Sean Penn (who does a great, understated job), Dogtown and Z-Boys is an homage to the rogue energy of the West Coast in the 70's. It starts by introducing us to the...
Jun 20, 2002 · Back in the 70s, in a run-down area of Santa Monica, a gang of surfer kids pioneered a new style of skateboarding, reinvigorating the dying hobby and redefining it as a modern urban sport.
Synopsis. Using a mix of film that the Zephyr skateboard team (Z-Boys) shot in the 1970s by Craig Stecyk along with contemporary interviews, the documentary tells the story of a group of teenage surfer/skateboarders and their influence on the history of skateboarding (and to a lesser extent surfing) culture. Using a mix of film that the Zephyr ...
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