Punk Rock Blog » Punk Movies http://punkrockdirect.net Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:14:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Filth and the Fury http://punkrockdirect.net/the-filth-and-the-fury.html http://punkrockdirect.net/the-filth-and-the-fury.html#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:06:36 +0000 Jackyl http://punkrockdirect.net/?p=110 filthandthefuryAbout the film

The Filth and the Fury is the second movie Julien Temple made about The Sex Pistols. His first effort was The Great Rock and Roll Swindle, which was released at the tail end of punk rock’s first wave in the 1970s. This earlier effort was criticised for being too skewed towards the Pistols’ manager Malcolm McLaren’s version of events about the band. The Filth and the Fury tells the story from the viewpoint of the bandmembers themselves.

The title of the film is a reference to a headline that appeared in the British tabloid newspaper The Daily Mirror after an interview on ITV’s Today presented by Bill Grundy. See EMI and the Grundy incident on the Sex Pistols main article. The title of The Daily Mirror article was itself inspired by William Faulkner’s novel The Sound and the Fury

Temple’s documentary charts the rise, decline and fall of the Sex Pistols from their humble beginnings in Shepherd’s Bush to their disintegration at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Temple puts the band into historical context with Britain’s social situation in the 1970s through archival footage from the period. This film was seen in some ways as an opportunity for the Pistols to tell their side of the story, mostly through interviews with the surviving members of the group, footage shot during the era, and outtakes from The Great Rock and Roll Swindle.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack to the film was released in 2002. The two-disc set contains songs by the Sex Pistols as well as music from other artists that was used in the film.

Disc one

  1. “God Save the Queen (Symphony)”
  2. “Shang-A-Lang” – Bay City Rollers
  3. “Pictures of Lily – The Who
  4. “Virginia Plain” – Roxy Music
  5. “School’s Out” – Alice Cooper
  6. “Skinhead Moonstomp” – Symarip
  7. “Glass Of Champagne” – Sailor
  8. “Through My Eyes” – The Creation
  9. “The Jean Genie” – David Bowie
  10. “I’m Eighteen” – Alice Cooper
  11. “Submission”
  12. “Don’t Gimme No Lip Child”
  13. “What’cha Gonna Do About It”
  14. “Road Runner”
  15. “Substitute”
  16. “Seventeen

Disc two

  1. “Anarchy in the UK”
  2. “Pretty Vacant”
  3. “Did You No Wrong”
  4. “Liar”
  5. “EMI”
  6. “No Feelings”
  7. “I Wanna Be Me”
  8. “Way Over (In Dub)” – Tapper Zukie
  9. “Looking for a Kiss – New York Dolls
  10. “Holidays in the Sun”
  11. “No Fun
]]> http://punkrockdirect.net/the-filth-and-the-fury.html/feed 0 Westway to the World http://punkrockdirect.net/westway-to-the-world.html http://punkrockdirect.net/westway-to-the-world.html#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:09:14 +0000 Jackyl http://punkrockdirect.net/?p=105 westwaytotheworldThe Clash: Westway to the World is a 2000 documentary film about the British punk rock band The Clash. Directed by Don Letts, the film combines old footage from the band’s personal collection filmed in 1982 when The Clash went to New York with new interviews conducted for the film by Mal Peachey of members Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon, and Joe Strummer and other people associated with the group. In 2003 it won the Grammy Awards for the best long form music video.

Cast

  • Terry Chimes … Himself
  • Terence Dackombe … Himself
  • Topper Headon … Topper Headon (Drummer)
  • Mick Jones … Himself
  • Jordan … Herself (archive footage)
  • Paul Simonon … Himself
  • Siouxsie Sioux … Herself (archive footage)
  • Joe Strummer … Himself
  • Shane MacGowan … Himself (uncredited)

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The character of Stevo is based on the life of writer/director James Merendino, although the character is named after Stephen Egerton, originally known as Stephen O’Rielly (Stevo), who played for the Salt Lake City punk band Massacre Guys, and eventually joined the L.A. bands Descendents and ALL.

Cast

  • Matthew Lillard as Steven “Stevo” Levy
  • Michael A. Goorjian as “Heroin” Bob
  • Annabeth Gish as Trish
  • Jennifer Lien as Sandy
  • Christopher McDonald as Mr. Levy
  • Devon Sawa as Sean
  • Jason Segel as Mike
  • Adam Pascal as Eddie
  • Til Schweiger as Mark
  • Jimmy Duval as John the Mod
  • Summer Phoenix as Brandy

Soundtrack

  1. “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” – The Suicide Machines (originally performed by Lynn Anderson)
  2. “Sex and Violence” – The Exploited
  3. “I Love Livin’ in the City” – Fear
  4. “1969″ – The Stooges
  5. “Too hot” – The Specials
  6. “Cretin Hop” – Ramones
  7. “Dreaming” – Blondie
  8. “Kiss Me Deadly” – Generation X
  9. “Rock N’ Roll” – The Velvet Underground
  10. “Gasoline Rain” – Moondogg
  11. “Mirror in the Bathroom” – Fifi (originally performed by The English Beat)
  12. “Amoeba” – The Adolescents
  13. “Kill the Poor” – Dead Kennedys
  14. “Look Back and Laugh” – Minor Threat

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Cast

  • Social Distortion
  • Mike Ness – Lead vocals, Lead guitar
  • Dennis Danell – Rhythm guitar
  • Brent Liles (credited as Brent Lyle) – Bass guitar
  • Derek O’Brien – Drums
  • Youth Brigade
  • Shawn Stern – Vocals, Guitar
  • Adam Stern – Bass
  • Mark Stern – Drums
  • Road Crew
  • Mark (Monk) – Road “manager”, Bus mechanic
  • Mike Brinson
  • Marlon Whitfield
  • Louis Dufau

Creators

Filmmakers Peter Stuart and Adam Small came upon a large scale project which immediately captured their imagination: the Better Youth Organization of Los Angeles was planning a North American tour. Eleven assorted punks would be traveling across the country in a broken down school bus. It was a chance to explore and document the punk community more extensively than ever before.

On August 17, 1982, armed with one production assistant, Stuart and Small set off in their rental truck on this journey through the underground. For six weeks and ten thousand miles, they recorded the adventures of the two touring bands – Youth Brigade and Social Distortion. More than just concert footage, this film documents the rich collection of characters in and around the tour, and the hardships and dangers of life on the road. The film was made on the cheap side and the scenes that feature instructions for “moshing” were filmed as filler so that the film would be at a viable length for release and distribution.

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Interviews

  • Jonathan Anastas formerly of D.Y.S. and Slapshot
  • Phil Anselmo formerly of Pantera and Superjoint Ritual
  • Brian Baker of Bad Religion, formerly of Minor Threat and Dag Nasty
  • Vic Bondi formerly of Articles of Faith (band)
  • Dave Brockie of Death Piggy (which would later form into the band GWAR), formerly of X-Cops, and the Dave Brockie Experience
  • Brandon Cruz of Dr. Know (band), formerly of the Dead Kennedys
  • Bob Cenci of Gang Green and Jerry’s Kids
  • Mike Dean of Corrosion of Conformity
  • Dave Dictor of MDC
  • Chris Doherty of Gang Green, formerly of Jerry’s Kids
  • Harley Flanagan of the Cro-Mags
  • Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, formerly of Fear
  • Greg Ginn formerly of Black Flag
  • Jack Grisham formerly of T.S.O.L.
  • Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion
  • H.R., Dr. Know and Darryl Jenifer of Bad Brains
  • Greg Hetson of Bad Religion and the Circle Jerks
  • John Joseph formerly of the Cro-Mags
  • Joe Keithley of D.O.A.
  • Alec Mackaye formerly of The Faith
  • Ian MacKaye of Fugazi, formerly of The Teen Idles and Minor Threat
  • Paul Mahern of Zero Boys
  • Moby formerly of the Vatican Commandos and, briefly, Flipper 1.
  • Keith Morris of the Circle Jerks, formerly of Black Flag
  • Reed Mullin formerly of Corrosion of Conformity
  • Kira Roessler formerly of Black Flag
  • Henry Rollins of Rollins Band, formerly of Black Flag and State of Alert
  • Dave Smalley of Down by Law, formerly of D.Y.S. and Dag Nasty
  • Bobby Steele of The Undead and The Misfits
  • Springa formerly of SS Decontrol
  • Vinnie Stigma of Agnostic Front
  • Mike Watt formerly of the Minutemen and fIREHOSE
  • Todd Youth of The Chelsea Smiles, formerly of Agnostic Front, Warzone and Murphy’s Law
  • Dicky Barrett of Mighty Mighty Bosstones, formerly of Impact Unit anf The Cheapskates
  • Bruce Loose, Ted Falconi and Steve DePace of Flipper
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