The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
Genre: Documentary | Music
Country: USA | Director: Penelope Spheeris
Language: English | Subtitles: English (.srt file)
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 | Length: 100mn
Bdrip H264 Mp4 – 1440×1080 – 23.976fps – 1.91gb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082252/
The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.
Before she made Wayne’s World, Ms Spheeris documented the LA Punk scene with the kind of dead pan perspective that makes this the all time classic commercial punk rock documentary. Of course Target Video’s concert footage of the Dead Kennedys or the Mutants live at a home for the insane are much better, but unless you live near Leather Tongue Video in San Francisco, you probably won’t find those, so this one will have to do.
Best Irony: Members of a famous X-Punk band tattooing each other on a dirty couch while apparently under the influence of some processed opiate are talking about how pot makes hippies so pathetically passive that someone would come in and kick the shit out of them and all they’d say is “Bummer maaan.” And then going on to a completely deadpan unemotional account of finding a dead guy in the back yard.
Definitely the best insight into the whole era. Sure The Great Rock and Roll Swindle is fun, but this one shows the whole scene unflinchingly from a neutral angle. The camera is on and everyone becomes an actor on their own stage.
The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
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