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Another State of Mind by Adam Small, Peter Stuart
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Brent Liles, Dennis Danell, Ian MacKaye, John Macias, Keith Morris Director: Adam Small, Peter Stuart Brand: Sony Producer: Adam Small Writer: Adam Small Producer: Peter Stuart Writer: Peter Stuart DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language) Format: Color, Compilation, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 78 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-08-24 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Time Bomb
Movie Reviews of Another State of MindMovie Review: A great look back at old times Summary: 5 Stars
Have to admit of all the punk DVDs out these days this has got to be my favorite, not least because of the content of the DVD but the commentary at the end from both the directors and members of Youth Brigade and Social Distortion.
I can only assume that some who have reviewed this DVD didnt watch the extra footage because for example the scene where the song 'another state of mind' was written was staged, other scenes such as the video of the Youth Brigade violenc has crowd shots from Circle Jerks amongst others mostly because the directors couldnt find good enough footage from Youth Brigade shows.
Its great to hear the 2 different perspectives from the directors who while wanting to make a loyal film on punk culture had to keep in mind that they had to sell the thing and they had contracts to stick to while band members complained about how many scene were unrealistic. Scenes such as endless shots of toothless punks to make the film look more 'real' the shot of the band sneaking in the back door of a show because the 'jocks' were waiting for them (in actual fact the 2 shots were from 2 different shows and while the band snuck in the back door the camera crew went in the front braving the crowd! Other great things to look for are the punk chick/model from DC. Realy interesting to hear the contrasting comments. The band who deeply disliked that she was even in the film as she was unknown in the DC punk scene while the directors disliking the snobbish attitude of punks towards her pointing out that this was everything punk was not supposed to be!
Great to see Social Distortion live though, one of the great bands of punk. Hear they always tried to sound like Americas answer to the Clash, not so sure about that but they were a great band.
Great DVD, one you will watch and watch again. One point though, dont know why this is featured as having Ian McKaye in it as though he had some leading role. He is in it for about 5 minutes. If you are buying it to see some early Minor Threat there is about 2 minutes from a live show when the sound went and the crowd sings along. Other than that you will be very disappointed.
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