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Diary of a Times Square Thief Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World
documentar
59 minutes ■ 2008 ■ Netherlands 74 minutes ■ 2009 ■ USA ■ In Competition
Friday 6:30p
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Saturday 3:30p
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Sunday 10:00a
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Monday 9:30p Saturday 3:00p
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Sunday 9:30a
Plays with: The Fence (p55)
Director/Screenwriter/Cinematographer/Editor: Emiko Omori ■ Producers: Emiko Omori,
Wendy Slick ■ Animator: Charlie Corriea ■ Music/Composer: Tinh Mahoney ■ Principal
Cast: Ed Hardy, Emiko Omori, Francesca Passlacqua ■
edhardytattootheworld.com
Director/Screenwriter: Klaas Bense ■ Producers: Hans de Weers, Janneke Doolaard, Reinout
Oerlemans ■ Cinematographer: Jackó van ‘t Hof ■ Editor: Boris Gerrets ■ Music/Composer:
Jannos Eolou ■ Narrators: Klaas Bense, Jonathan Brown ■ Principal Cast: Mark Battle, Sam
A visionary tattoo artist’s unexpected rise to pop culture icon
ies
Costanza, John Cohan, Ducky Doolittle, John Fahs, Joe Franklin, Connie Harnish, Chet Mazur,
began at the age of ten when he began painting on neighborhood
Richard Pimentel ■
diaryofatimessquarethief.com
kids. After graduating from the San Francisco Art Institute where
he studied traditional fine arts, Ed Hardy rejected a scholarship
After buying a mysterious 20-year-old diary on eBay, the film-
to Yale University to open a tattoo shop. Today, he is revered as
maker seeks out the writer. This manuscript describes the ad-
the father of modern tattooing and respected as a painter of eclec-
ventures of a young man who, in the late ’80s, left the midwest
tic, vibrant, very personal art. His images have also become a
for New York to realize his big dream: to become a published
highly successful line of clothing and other products, worn by
writer. The diary gives an honest and raw account of the author’s
celebrities from Bruce Springsteen to Madonna and seen every-
quest.
where in the world. [adult content]
Small, intimate portraits of some of the colourful characters de-
In cooperation with the AIFF, Bohemia Gallery will present a 23
scribed in the diary come to life during the search for the author.
show of the art of Ed Hardy including limited edition prints,
Through these encounters clarity gradually emerges about the
lithographs, etchings, and mixed media. Hardy will be the
fate of the talented author, and about the value of chasing
guest at a reception at Bohemia Gallery Saturday, April 10, at
dreams. The still gritty, Times Square is a haunting setting for
6p. The show will open First Friday, April 2 and be on display
this artistic exposé. [adult content, subtitles]
throughout the month. See page 15 for more information.
Klaas Bense
Emiko Omori
Director’s Statement
Director’s Statement
Sometimes I pick up things from eBay, little
Our friendship began in 1974 and here we
paintings and all kinds of stuff. I hang them
are, 36 years later. Ed Hardy is a subject for
on my walls for a few months and I then sell
a documentary about art and life and it was
them again. Quite by accident I came upon
time to get it done while we still had our
John’s diary. It is like a notebook or scrap-
teeth, our sense of humor and memories. To
book with Polaroids of nude girls. Every few
be perfectly honest it was an excuse to travel
months or so I would pick up that little book and read it over
into the amazing, vibrating, technicolor mind of this phenome-
again. I kept wondering what attracted me to it. Part of it was
nal artist. Like getting a tattoo, it was a true collaboration. He al-
natural curiosity. What ever came of this guy? There was more
lowed me into his very private space—his painting
that I was feeling, so I gave that some more thought. And what I
studio—opened his archives and access to his works. It is an
think is so fantastic is the way he writes. He is so honest and so
artist’s journey into high and low art redefining both in startling,
open about his own dark side.
unexpected and powerful juxtapositions.
I know that most of my dreams during this life can’t be realized.
Filmography: 2000 Dragons (2004 AIFF), 7500 Miles to Redemption (2008 AIFF), Passion
Did I make the right choices? Should I have done things differ-
& Power: The Technology of Orgasm (2008 AIFF), Portrait of an Invisible Man, Rabbit in
ently? On my way to New York there is a question in my mind: the Moon, Ripe for Change, Skin Stories, Tattoo City
I am on a search for the writer of this diary. I need to know what-
ever happened to him. I want to hear if he regrets the path that
he choose to follow.
Filmography: Directorial Debut
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