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Feb 23, 2022 · The Decline of Western Civilization: one of the great music documentaries. Penelope Spheeris’s trilogy about LA’s punk and hair metal scenes is both hopeful and bleak, with revealing...
Aug 24, 1989 · The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years: Directed by Penelope Spheeris. With Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons. Documentary showcase, what life was like for the music artists living during the Los Angeles Heavy Metal scene in the mid and late 1980s.
Sep 28, 2021 · Penelope Spheeris on The Decline of Western Civilization. By Anne Victoria Clark and Ashley Ray Harris. In 1988, Penelope Spheeris released a documentary that the chief of the LAPD...
The Decline of Western Civilization. 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. 430 IMDb 7.5 1 h 40 min 2015. X-Ray 18+. Historical · Documentary · Cerebral · Gritty. Subscribe to Shout!
Spheeris’ feature film debut was the 1979 documentary on the Los Angeles punk scene, THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION which received stunning critical reviews. The LAPD shut down Hollywood Boulevard and Chief of Police, Daryl Gates wrote a letter demanding the film not be shown again in L.A.
About. The Decline of Western Civilization: Part I. DOCUMENTARY. The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. Featuring legendary punk bands Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.
The Decline of Western Civilization. Penelope Spheeris' The Decline Of Western Civilization is a riveting, unflinching and hard-core film which adeptly captures the spirit of a major cultural phenomenon.
