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Jul 15, 2015 · Following the box-set release of her necessary L.A. punk documentaries, filmmaker Penelope Spheeris talks to Laura Snapes about the scene’s evolution over the last 30 years.
Oct 17, 2023 · Filmmaker Penelope Spheeris is host of the new podcast “Peter and the Acid King,” the true story about singer-songwriter Peter Ivers, whose work showed great promise in the ’70s and early ...
Jun 26, 2015 · When director Penelope Spheeris finished interviewing Chris Holmes during the tail end of the 1980s for her documentary The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, she figured ...
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May 25, 2023 · Wayne’s World director Penelope Spheeris is setting the record straight about rumored clashes with star Mike Myers on the set of 1992’s Wayne’s World — the first scripted feature for both ...
PENELOPE SPHEERIS. Photograph courtesy of Penelope Spheeris. Her biggest commercial hit was WAYNE’S WORLD. But Penelope Spheeris considers that movie a curse. It made her a successful comedy director, which she didn’t want to be. She was stuck in the ‘muck and mire of Hollywood’ for years, before going back to her roots with THE DECLINE ...
Mar 5, 2018 · Photo courtesy of Penelope Spheeris. On a Saturday morning in Los Angeles I found myself on the corner of Lookout and Wonderland. As cars zoomed by giving me the “what are you doing here” side-eye and adult men walking tiny dogs surrounded me with their faux-friendly, suspicious waves, I felt superficially like one of the gutter punks—out of place, but unapologetically present—in the ...
Penelope Spheeris (born December 2, 1945) is an American director, producer and screenwriter. She is best known as a documentary film director whose works include the trilogy titled The Decline of Western Civilization.
