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Scab Vendor Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Scab Vendor is a feature-length documentary look at the life of Jonathan Shaw, the son of bandleader Artie Shaw and Hollywood starlet Doris Dowling. After overdosing in his 20s, Jonathan learned from the best American tattoo artists and quickly became the go-to tattoo artist in NYC. His Fun City Tattoo Studio opened before tattooing was legal in Manhattan and was frequented by his friends, Johnny Depp and punk legend Iggy Pop. Scab Vendor explores how a man, at the height of his career, chose to give up on his celebrity lifestyle to escape from his own vicious cycle. Scab Vendor is co-directed by filmmakers Lucas de Barros (Ao Som do Chamamé, Aquela Mistura) & Mariana Robles Thome (Desterro, I Read Your Book And... Jonathan Shaw). Based on the book written by Jonathan Shaw.
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00:00This is your first tattoo, so I might as well tell you,
00:04this stings a little bit.
00:06Oh, here comes Ed Jonathan Shaw.
00:09Here comes trouble.
00:11Jonathan came in at a period of time
00:13when there was a real major renaissance
00:15happening in tattooing.
00:16He was world famous before any of us knew who he was.
00:20He's one of those gruff, old-school scab vendors, man.
00:24My childhood was a typical American dream nightmare.
00:30We'd hang out at Jim Morrison's place in Laurel Canyon
00:33or Frank Zappa's big log cabin down the road.
00:38Room 27, Hotel Buenos Aires.
00:41That's where I began my crooked tattoo journey.
00:47Artist Jonathan Shaw is to tattoo
00:49what Jimi Hendrix was to rock and roll.
00:52Jonathan was always surrounded by culture,
00:54whether it be low culture or high culture.
00:57Tattoos, drugs, sex, rock and roll.
01:02Jonathan was kind of a maniac back then.
01:05If you came to Jonathan's door and knocked on it,
01:07most likely he was going to open the door with a shotgun.
01:13Everything at times with him was a challenge.
01:18He saw art in tattooing like nobody else saw it.
01:21And he saw tattooing in other people's art.
01:24The quest for redemption through art
01:26has been the only thing I ever did
01:28that didn't end up in the f***ing toilet.
01:39He really kind of helped elevate
01:42the consciousness of tattooing.
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