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Who is Bozo Texino?
by Bill Daniel

56 min. black and white, experimental/documentary

Who is Bozo Texino? chronicles the search for the source of a ubiquitous and mythic rail graffiti-- a simple sketch of a character with an infinity-shaped hat and the scrawled moniker, "Bozo Texino"-- a drawing seen on railcars for over 80 years. Daniel's gritty black and white film uncovers a secret society and it's underground universe of hobo and railworker graffiti, and includes interviews with legendary boxcar artists, Coaltrain, Herby, Colossus of Roads, and The Rambler. Shooting over a 16-year period, Daniel rode freights across the West carrying a Super-8 sound camera and a 16mm Bolex. During his quest he discovered the roots of a folkloric tradition that has gone mostly unnoticed for a century. Taking inspiration from Beat artists Robert Frank and Jack Kerouac, the film functions as both a sub-cultural documentary and a stylized fable on wanderlust and outsider identity.
"I was drawn to the subject by the universal graffiti impulse and the classic, corny notion of freight train blues escape." - BD

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Uploader Comments (koleoptere)

  • this looks like a very good movie

  • One hour of happiness :)

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  • Bozo Texino Is The Fucking Man!

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  • R.I.P. Bozo T.

  • Think tha old hobo at the end is Harmonica Mike and is no longer living R.I.P

  • Bozo Texino is a Mopac thing and has been forever,Has nothing to do with hobo's

  • Also available from trainvideodepot  com

  • @jamieclark420 or you can order it directly from the man who made it here

    billdaniel. net/projects/who-is-bozo-texin­o

  • can you upload the rest of the interview with the bum? I want to know what he has to say.

  • I love riding trains

  • that guys my idol!

  • @jamieclark420 thepiratebay . org just search it on there.

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