Captured

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• Posted 06/26/11 by Andralyn
  Exteermly helpful article, please write more.
• Posted 05/14/11 by KOSTA
  IT IS ALL SYSTEMS THAT THE SMALLER S DEPEND ON THE BIGGER ONES...
• Posted 05/14/11 by KOSTA
  JUST THAT IS THE SIMPLE TRUE LIKE OR NOT THIS IS OUR SOCIETY. ONE OF THE BEST FILMS FOR ME! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.ANARCHY IS AN UTOPIA THEN WHAT THE #### A BAD DREAM IS THE WORLD WE ####IN LIVING IN...I WILL STILL HOPING,DREAMING,KEEP WALKING AND....ONE DAY..............!
• Posted 04/07/11 by Anna
  You know there's a whole spectrum between homeless drug addicts and gentrified. I do not understand romanticizing drugs, vandalism and violence. Charming? Really? And by the way, there's no art in animal abuse. Is it cool to have to watch your back when you leave your house for fear of being mugged by ubiquitous junkies? "Die Yuppies Die"? Good riddance. I'm glad this is no longer a destination and bastion for the junkies and others avoiding work at all cost. And I enjoy feeling safe in my diverse working class community. I think this movie is interesting, but rather self-glorifying
• Posted 11/26/10 by michael
  mans search for freedom always leads him to another form of slavery. runs from (normal) society enslaves himself to the sub-un or abnormal society never realising man's only true hope is Jesus Christ
• Posted 09/08/10 by Paul Perrier
  Brilliant !
• Posted 07/25/10 by maxi
  While I enjoyed your film from a journalistic perspective, anyone who actually didn't think that the East Village/LES was a complete and utter ####hole back in the 70s, 80s and early 90s, needs to have their head examined. I am not a fan of the yuppie condos either, but Tompkins Square Park is amazing now, and I am so glad those ugly-ass home made "sculptures" consisting of garbage and plastic dolls and flowers are no longer polluting the lovely little community gardens that are actually beautiful little pockets of green in the urban jungle. I'll take today's East Village over yesterday's any day!
• Posted 06/25/10 by captsquarebag
  I loved your movie and actually was present that night in 1988, for the riots. I was the opposition wearing a blue uniform. It brought back many fond memories, that will be forever etched in my brain. Though unfortunately for some of the rioters I had to rattle their brains with my baton. Thanks again, I will show this film to my kids and grandkids, so they will know what it was like to be a NYC Police Ofiicer in the 80's and 90's. The good ole Days, u brought a smile to my face. Thanks again!
• Posted 05/08/10 by Christopher Eadicicco
  From one filmmaker to another, Captured is an inspiring piece of history. Growing up in New York City, and seeing everything replay like that, I don't even know how to describe it. Coming from what the city once was, to what it is now - no words can explain. It's brilliant. Moving. Bravo my friend, bravo.
• Posted 12/08/09 by will
  Those ad's kill me. RIP Dash Snow
• Posted 12/04/09 by fred
  i first visited NYC and Lower East Side in the summer of 1982 and remember how amazed I was at the vibe. Tomkins Sq had a festival of sorts where the whole community gathered, including, I think Allen Ginsberg. I remember trying to capture the atmosphere in a little story that I sent to a Dutch newspaper. It was never used. Later, around 2001, I came back to check on the neighborhood for a chapter for my book on underground from the 80s (Club Risiko), focussing on Sonic Youth and their coterie for the NYC chapter. It was nice. Nice is exactly the word. Nothing more, nothing less. Nice and very unexciting. Although Nick Zedd still tried to stir some #### in a small club somewhere. Anyway, great doccie!!! Thanks!
• Posted 11/27/09 by pizbot
  I appreciate the juxtapose of the soulless commercials they have running, right at key moments in this this. Like the Tide spot, showing how they respond to places that disasters hit, offering to wash clothes.... as the dirty fires blaze in the L.E.S.
• Posted 11/26/09 by joey pinter
  crap!! i moved to St. Marks and first in 1978 you know who lived there then? people from east europe, spanish, black and musicians. those skells in the park ####ting where they sleep were not from the LES, they were schmucks from the mid west or some such place..a bunch of slobs. if they wanted to keep the rich white people out they should have rented apartments when there was rent control but then they would need a job. now that place is lost forever. thanks a lot you bunch of ### holes
• Posted 11/14/09 by frankbooth1966
  I remember my first trip to NYC in the summer of 1988. I was 22 yrs old. A kid from Cleveland OH. The drummer in my band and I drove out there, parked in Battery park (for free !!! we actually found 1 parking space where the parking meter had been decapitated - hahahaha) and walked and took subways through the city. I could feel the tension and edginess of the city at that time. We actually took a little hour or so nap on benches in front of the Twin Towers. Watching this brought me back to those times. Thanks. It's a #### shame that corporate Amerika is gradually but surely duping all of the regular people into swallowing it's bland, safe, boring, fascist plan.
• Posted 11/08/09 by zzhuollll
  wonderful
• Posted 10/25/09 by Amikam Goldman
  Wonderful piece. It shows the struggle of human spirit. I know Clayton from the years I used to be a resident of the LES, he is alawys straight forward, honest and interesting. Clayton is ON!the record - the past, future and our present!
• Posted 10/24/09 by Anthony De Rosa
  Thank you for posting this. Clayton is a true pioneer to the art of documentation.
• Posted 10/14/09 by Gary Olson and Jill Olson
  Captured is an important part of the political and cultural landscape and history of New York City as well as counter culture people everywhere. It supports the people who live outside the mainstream culture. The film making is exceptional. The focus on art - visual art, music, performance, sculpture, body art, costume - separates Captured from most documentary films. Clayton is an artist who has empathy for people - he identifies with all people. Thank you.
• Posted 10/12/09 by the jodi
  Okay, this was my nabe from 79-97 and nothing, no one captures it like this. There are times, when I walk through the area today, that I doubt my memories. The neighborhood has changed so much, has become so mainstream, so sanitized, that it's hard to imagine the grime, the crime, the pulse and blood and creativity and insanity that was here before. You wanna know what it was like, what the real EV was like. This was it.