Serving Attitude in the streets

Inspired by the African-American disco craze in the 70s, Lewis OfMan highlights a modern iteration of street culture. 

In a dark parking lot outside of a skating rink, a group of dancers shimmy and slide on skates, the deep techno beat spinning them around. In Attitude, the competition is friendly and encouraging, bright against the dark background. It’s hypnotic and mesmerizing, a strange midnight celebration. 

The editing on the dancers is sharp and jarring at times, shots pieced together and chopped up, but all the dancing is smooth and effortless. There’s a soft-but-grainy quality to Attitude that feels like a super 8 film, while still being modern and new. The track is danceable and full of joy, and the film isn’t complicated, because it doesn’t have to be. Julien Soulier's works restrained, and it’s exciting because of that.