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The Decline of Western Civilization

The documentary of director Penelope Spheeris surveys the Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 with Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.
Duration: 100 min
Quality: HD
Release: 1981
IMDb: 7.5
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Japan Times
July 18, 2016 This was the first time anyone had seen a mosh pit on-screen, and Spheeris somehow gets right in the scrum, capturing a blur of flailing bodies.
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Time Out
January 26, 2006 The interviews are mostly very funny, probably not always intentionally so. It's far from unmissable, but it's valuable rock history with some great noise.
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Radio Times
July 18, 2016 This is the first in a trilogy of rock documentaries made by Spheeris that, viewed today, seem like valuable cultural documents. But your granny won't like it.
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ColeSmithey.com
February 13, 2017 You can't put a price on a filmic document such as this one.
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People Magazine
August 03, 2015 The result is both insanely funny and very frightening.
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New York Times
August 30, 2004 The Decline of Western Civilization' is a shrewd and engrossing documentary even for audiences who have absolutely no patience for the music it includes.
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Variety
March 26, 2009 A bracing, stimulating and technically superb close-up look at the LA punk scene, pic is pitched at a perfect distance to allow for simultaneous engagement in the music and spectacle, and for rueful contemplation of what it all might mean.
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Chicago Reader
January 01, 2000 [A] still potent 1981 documentary about Los Angeles punk rock.
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
June 21, 2015 ...a perfect symbol for the nihilistic hardcore punk rock that developed in Los Angeles - an angry and unwholesome scene that grew parallel to the more intellectual New York scene
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TV Guide
July 18, 2016 This often-fascinating slice of rock history wisely avoids high-profile punk groups, and instead opts for bands who are still struggling to pay their rent.
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