American Hardcore - The History of Punk Rock 1980 - 1986
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Alex Gonzalez (IX), Alvin Robertson, Dave Smalley, Dez Cadena, Vic Bondi Brand: Sony DVD: Region Code 99 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.0 Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.78:1 Running Time: 100 minutes DVD Release Date: 2007-02-20 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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Movie Reviews of American Hardcore - The History of Punk Rock 1980 - 1986
Movie Review: turns out middle aged punkers are no different than middle aged hippies...
Summary: 1 Stars
Just watched "American Hardcore", about the american punk scene from 1980 to 1986. It is either depressing or reassuring (haven't decided which) to realize the middle aged punks are as full of crap as the middle aged hippies were.
Of course, now - all these years later, they have well thought out reasons for the music and their involvement in it. It seems these boys (and they were all boys then) sat down and thought out the political and social ramifications of the movement they were involved with. It was all about politics and inequality.
The highlights include Henry Rollins telling us "...bands were starting to network." Network.
...Bad Brains wallowing in their greatness of yesteryear. Like the old burnout in the bar telling anyone who'll listen what a great high school football player he was in 1981.
...Or Moby (yes, Moby) saying that punks "...created something that's so much better than the milieu that we're being rejected by." Moby (yes, Moby) talking about the punk milieu. Milieu.
I never thought of the punk scene as a hotbead of white liberal guilt. I was wrong.
One punker (THE SON OF A UNITED STATES SENATOR) talked about how being a punk was legitimately becoming a member of a minority. You know, like...uh, well, black people.
The real lesson of "American Hardcore" is that, with age, everyone (no exceptions) becomes completely and utterly full of (expletive).