The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) (2016)
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"I love documentaries like this, where it's just pure. Rough, raw, and raging. "

"I love documentaries like this, where it's just pure. Rough, raw, and raging. "

" Directed by: Penelope Spherris Produced by: Penelope Spheeris and Jeff Prettyman Written by: Penelope Spherris Cinematography: Steve Conant Edited by: Steve Mullins Distributed by: Spherris Films, Inc."

" "There are no rock stars now," says one skinhead kid interviewed at the start of the film. That's what punk was all about- anyone could get on stage, regardless of their talent, and play loud, fast, and mobilize an audience. Packed with insightful interviews on and off that stage, you can work out quite easily who are the poseurs and who just love making music. Director Penelope Spheeris tries to dig deeper into what creates the aggression at punk shows, and the hypocrisy of being afraid of in"