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Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry featuring interviews with tattoo legend don ed hardy philadelphia eddie funk lyle tuttle mike malone & more its a great document to mid century americana. - don ed hary spike tv interview special dvd also includes: 5 deleted scenes which take you further inside the work of americas greatest tattoo artist & 2 full letters written by the foul mouthed blow-hard himself. an eye-popping spit n gristle documentary. forever fascinating, outlaw cool, and way more than skin deep. -marc savlov - austin chronicle transcendently salty but always thoughtful...wildly entertaining! matt prigge - philadelphia weekly there are few more entertaining films this year than this enthralling look at the origins of modern tattooing. dan buskirk phawker hori smoku sailor jerry explores the roots of american tattooing through the life of its most iconoclastic figure, norman sailor jerry collins. considered by many the foremost tattoo artist of all time, collins uncompromising lifestyle and larger than life persona made him an american legend. through rare interviews, photographs and hours of archival footage, hori smoku sailor jerry examines the past, present and future of the global tattooing phenomenon.