The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)

500 Essential Cult Movies (502 movies items)

" "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"