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Sep 28, 2021 · Directed by Glen E. Friedman alongside filmmaker Eric Matthies, A Look Back: DogTown and Z-Boys revisits the documentary’s original cast to explore the film’s impact—not only on their lives, but on the culture of skateboarding.
Dogtown and Z-Boys is a 2001 American documentary film produced by Agi Orsi and directed by Stacy Peralta. [1] The documentary explores the pioneering of the Zephyr skateboard team in the 1970s (of which Peralta was a member) and the evolving sport of skateboarding .
Dogtown and Z-Boys: Directed by Stacy Peralta. With Sean Penn, Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Jeff Ament. Documentary about the pioneering 1970s Zephyr skating team.
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- Documentary, Sport
- Stacy Peralta
- 2002-05-10
- 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
Dec 14, 2022 · Dogtown & Z-Boys resonated with millions because they showed the importance of defiance. The undeniable physiological phenomenon that comes from getting up no matter how hard you fall leads to a relentless persistence that lies within all of us.
Sep 24, 2021 · Chris Russell, Andy Anderson, Ryan Sheckler, Jamie Foy, Zion Wright and an insane crew bring the action back to Dogtown for a three-course display of demolition. Get the full rundown of the mayhem here.
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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.
