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Post by petrolino on Feb 23, 2019 3:55:41 GMT
Punk In London (1977) Urgh! A Music War (1981) Stop Making Sense (1984) The Filth And The Fury (2000) Some Clash ones I don't remember the name of.
Any recommendations are appreciated.
Thanks.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Feb 23, 2019 5:00:47 GMT
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Post by cryptoflovecraft on Feb 23, 2019 13:04:05 GMT
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Post by sostie on Feb 23, 2019 13:13:01 GMT
D.O.A. : A Rite Of Passage (1980 - Lech Kowalski) and The Filth And The Fury (2000 - Julien Temple) are probably my alltime favourites
F&TF is brilliantly executed, and Lydon breaking down when talking about Sid is heartbreaking
DOA, I had on a crappy VHS for years until it's DVD release last year. Some great band footage, some hilarity when following struggling punk band Terry & The Idiots, equally funny the US punk "fans" that didn't quite get it. On the other end of the spectrum the Sid & Nancy footage is just so sad & depressing.
I think Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle deserves a mention - sure its mostly a fantasy but still and interesting document and approach with great footage.
The 3 part BBC series Punk Britannia is also worth seeing
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Post by NJtoTX on Feb 23, 2019 23:59:06 GMT
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Post by hi224 on Feb 24, 2019 3:59:17 GMT
I've never heard of 'The Last Pogo'. Thanks, I'll look out for it.
My next target is a documentary about the Minutemen, it's called 'We Jam Econo : The Story Of The Minutemen' (2005).
Please share any other recommendations if you have them. Thanks.
Now thats an underrated band as well. |
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Post by hi224 on Feb 24, 2019 6:04:57 GMT
In the works ...
There's a new documentary on the Go-Gos in pre-production which was announced this month. Hopefully the Germs, the Skirts and other L.A. punk outfits will feature in the narrative.
There's also the documentary on Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex which seems to be in production limbo, perhaps due to lack of funding?
Hopefully there's plenty more on the way; here in U K, there's major clamour among younger fans for an authoritive, unhyperbolic, fact-based tome on the Stranglers who pre-date the British punk explosion that occurred some 5 years after punk had been birthed in the United States of America. Hey, why not, they are still on Planet X and ripe for confession.
What bands could use a biopic in your opinion perhaps. |
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Mar 3, 2019 7:51:02 GMT
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Post by cypher on Mar 10, 2019 0:34:48 GMT
For those interested, on Monday night 03/11 10pm on Epix, a four part docuseries premieres called, Punk. Iggy Pop and John Varvatos exec. produced, with Iggy narrating. Here's Johnny Rotten riling up his American counterparts at a launch panel... linkFor those not interested, there's a two hour documentary on A&E at 9pm on Monday, about John Lennon recording 'Imagine', called, John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky. |
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Post by petrolino on May 24, 2020 23:08:17 GMT
I can add 'Citizens Of Boomtown : The Story Of The Boomtown Rats' (2020), directed by Billy McGrath. This documentary lays out the case for the Boomtown Rats being one of the most important bands in music history. I found it very interesting as they're a band I don't know much about. I didn't realise the impact they'd had on the development of Irish rock 'n' roll but this film filled me in.
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Post by Zos on May 25, 2020 11:54:59 GMT
I can add 'Citizens Of Boomtown : The Story Of The Boomtown Rats' (2020), directed by Billy McGrath. This documentary lays out the case for the Boomtown Rats being one of the most important bands in music history. I found it very interesting as they're a band I don't know much about. I didn't realise the impact they'd had on the development of Irish rock 'n' roll but this film filled me in.
'(I Never Loved) Eva Braun' - The Boomtown Rats
Can't say I was very impressed by it, the Rats were a good pop outfit and perhaps as they say in the Doc, the London scene was a bit snobby, but back in the day we would never admit to liking them, they were the very lightweight side of Punk although I saw them on the "Tonic" tour and they were a great pop band. As I say though, we were very snobby about what was "genuine" and what wasn't in London, "Dirk Wears White Sox" was considered great, then everyone was franticly scrubbing the cover image off the back of leather jackets once Adam jumped the pop shark. My own great love was The Ruts. There's a couple of short Documentaries I'd recommend that may be on YouTube, one on Patrik Fitsgerald and one on the TV Personalities (the Dan Tracy story is a very sad one) and theres a great "Crass" one that although not strictly punk is a great watch.
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