Year-round Metal Enjoyment
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Overview

Running Time: 95 minutes
1080p, 16:9 HD Video
Director: Jeff Griecci
Written by: Jeff Griecci, Ian Carlsen
Producers: Jeff Griecci, Ian Carlsen, Nicholas Gervin

Contacts:
Booking Jeff Griecci: jeff.griecci@mintfilms.net
Press Ian Carlsen: ian@mintfilms.net
Director Jeff Griecci: jeff.griecci@mintfilms.net
Producer Ian Carlsen: ian@mintfilms.net

Written Materials

Film Summaries:
​Film Synopses in 50, 100, 200 word lengths [PDF]

Video

Film Trailer: Embeddable/Web
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Film Teaser: Embeddable/Web
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Stills

All stills taken from native 720p resolution with dimensions of 1920 x 1080
Walking the Line
Bellowing Smoke
YME Tag
The Filmmakers

Testimonials

, "Since seeing YME, I've craned my neck to catch graffiti on every train I pass. The subjects clearly trusted the filmmakers, and the result is an intimate and energetic look at an under-reported subculture."
- Deirdre Fulton, writer, Commondreams.org, former editor, Portland Phoenix


"Year-round Metal Enjoyment provides valuable access to a corner of the Yankee art world as passionate as it is shrouded and subversive. With its serious appraisal of a generation's worth of graffiti art, this gorgeous film makes statements about class, status, loneliness, commercialism, and a generation's fleeting romance with the material world."
- Nick Schroeder, Editor, Dispatch magazine

"The MF Doom of graffiti movies. Not your average 'graffiti video' of a bunch of juiced up dudes vandalizing shit to a horrible soundtrack. [Year-round Metal Enjoyment] tells a story, and it documents the lives and experiences of the people involved. It's educational, visually captivating and seriously fucking rad."
- TURDL RB, AX, TMS

Past Events

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Mint Films is psyched to be screening segments of Year-round Metal Enjoyment at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum for their current exhibition "Shake Rattle Roll" featuring graffiti on model trains. If you're in the area its well worth the visit. The exhibition runs till November and as a bonus we'll be offering a 30% off deal for online viewings. Just enter the Coupon Code SDMRM upon your next rental.

More on Shake Rattle Roll from the San Diego Model Railroad Museum...

The San Diego Model Railroad Museum proudly presents “Shake Rattle Roll”. This exhibit features a glimpse into railroad graffiti culture and how the model railroad community are replacing what is seen on the railroads today. Dating back to the mid 1900’s through present day, urban style graffiti has incorporated topics of deep personal meaning, cultural awareness and political driven themes. The railroad equipment has not set a limit on what an individual can do with graffiti expression. It has also not stopped various small scale train modelers who wish to replicate these beautifully decorated trains.

​Become absorbed in displays featuring authentic freight train graffiti models and engage with hands-on activities that allow guests to practice expression through writing and art. Experience the lifestyle, growth, and public perception of graffiti art and how the model railroading community has become an active participant in recreating and preserving this artistic subculture.

Featuring model railroaders Joseph Espinoza, Scott Richardson, Josh Baakko, Patrick Yates, Travus Clark, Rick Kempf and Roy Butch Heyler. Featured artist in the exhibition, Christopher “Sake One” Kinney.

Special thanks to Paint on Freights, Mint Films, San Diego Cultural Arts Alliance, Writerz Blok, Bill Coleman and Michael Armstrong

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Credits

Film Credits:
Directed by
Jeff Griecci
 
Executive Producer
Nicholas Gervin
 
Produced by
Jeff Griecci & Ian Carlsen
 
Written by
Jeff Griecci & Ian Carlsen

Editor
Jeff Griecci

Director of Photography
Jeff Griecci

Additional Camera
Ian Carlsen
David Meiklejohn

Sound Editor
Jeff Griecci

Audio Mix
Michael McInnis
 
Narrated by
The Solo Artist
 
Camera Assistant
Ian Carlsen

Field Audio
Ian Carlsen
Andy Barbo

Legal Counsel
George Royle

Graffiti History Consultants
The Solo Artist
LEARN
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Archival Footage Supplied by
The Solo Artist
Nicholas Gervin
 
Archival Photos Supplied by
The Solo Artist
Nicholas Gervin
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