Jisoe Explained

Justin "Jisoe" Hughes
Birth Place:Victoria, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Occupation:Artist
Notable Works:Jisoe (2005 film)

Justin "Jisoe" Hughes (1977) is a Melbourne-based graffiti writer.[1] He is also known as Jizlad, and is the subject of the 2005 film Jisoe, directed by Eddie Martin, which gained a cult following among graffiti writers.[2] Critic and filmmaker Megan Spencer hailed the documentary as one of her favorites.[3]

Jisoe won the Audience Award at the 2005 St. Kilda Film Festival and competed for featured documentary at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival.[4] [5]

The film follows a 24-year-old Hughes over a period of a few months in 2001, in which he is at large as a notorious graffiti artist who specializes in the spontaneous and rapid style of tagging trains or "train bombing".[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: threethousand. ThreeThousandReview. 3 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20100311082536/http://www.threethousand.com.au/watch/jisoe. 11 March 2010. dead.
  2. Web site: Rigg . Julie . Amiel Courtin-Wilson on Jisoe . ABC Radio National . 30 August 2012 . Jisoe has become something of a cult hit among graffiti fans for its frank depiction of Jisoe and his friends defacing Melbourne trains..
  3. Web site: ACMI . Megan Spencer ACMI . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110311184213/http://www.acmi.net.au/7C358FE0890443778D64FF4AB0BEBD8C.aspx . 11 March 2011 .
  4. Web site: Eddie Martin (AUS) Director, Independent . Australian International Documentary Conference . Eddie Martin’s debut film Jisoe (2005) was praised as “one of the best, most significant documentaries to be produced in Australia”. It won the Audience Award at the St Kilda Film Festival and has since developed a cult following..
  5. Web site: Brooks . Brian . Slamdance Bookends Docs for 11th Park City Event . IndieWire . 14 December 2004.
  6. Web site: Fazal . Mahmood . What Happened to Jisoe? . Vice . 25 May 2017 . The film followed Justin (Jisoe) as he sunk into an existential crisis, torn between getting a job to care for his family and continuing his "crooked," train-bombing lifestyle to deal with the fallout of his own upbringing..

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