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01/07/1981 Documentary, Music 1h 40m
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See it in a theater.... where you can't get hurt.

Overview

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.

  1. Penelope Spheeris

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Eugene Tatu

    Self

  2. Alice Bag

    Self

  3. Claude Bessy

    Self

  4. Dinah Cancer

    Self

  5. Exene Cervenka

    Self

  6. Lorna Doom

    Self

  7. Darby Crash

    Self

  8. Don Bolles

    Self

  9. Philo Cramer

    Self

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by talisencrw
Written by talisencrw on 2016-01-15
Though I both am neither a punk aficionado (I have seen X live in Detroit in 2008) nor an expert on Spheeris' films (I have seen and enjoyed both 'Wayne's World' and 'Little Rascals'), this was very satisfying. The energy and spirit of these rebellious youths really comes across well, and the clever assertion from one of the interviewees that punk is simply another form of folk and protest music, albeit with different instruments and at a faster speed, rings true. Though I'm not privy to the Los Angeles scene (I'm from Windsor, Ontario, for crying out loud), it appears to be quite an accurate ...read the rest
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