Krumped

An amazing documentary of a dancing underworld in LA. The cinematography captures the raw energy of the kids.The non-diegetic music is especially effective. I really enjoyed this film and feel it completely deserved to win at the Sundance Film festival. LaChapelle has proved with this film that his talent is not just confined to photography. The dance becomes more of an art form than just some kids dancing in the streets, it is a release of raw emotion - which in turn provokes the audience's emotion. I sometimes find it hard to believe the note at the beginning of the film that says that none of the film has been sped up because how can people move that fast -its insane. The story is focused on the kids love for dancing and the history behind its formation. I think because of this film krump dancing will become the 'hottest' new style of dancing -its already in the missy elliot videos and the chemical brother new video has krump dancers with the face paint. I think I preferred the clown dancers to the Krump dancers, because I felt sometimes the Krump dancers in the interviews took the whole thing a bit too seriously. I've made lots of my friends watch Krumped and they have all really enjoyed it, I would recommend it to anyone - it is just simply a great film.