The Decline of Western Civilization
1981 · TMDB 7.2
Directed by Penelope Spheeris
The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.
Why it matters
Penelope Spheeris filmed the Los Angeles punk scene at its most chaotic, capturing performances by Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Germs alongside interviews with the kids and hangers-on who made the scene. The result is a time capsule that is by turns exhilarating and disturbing.
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Released
- 1981-07-01
- Studio
- Spheeris Films Inc.
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.2
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