Punk: Early Years
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Generation X, Jordan, Marc Bolan, The Slits, X-Ray Spex Brand: Music Video Dist DVD: Region Code 0 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language) Format: Color, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 60 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-10-28 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Mvd Visual |
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Movie Reviews of Punk: Early Years
Movie Review: If you remember or are curious about what punk was REALLY like...
Summary: 4 Stars
...then this DVD is invaluable. The previous reviewer of this DVD apparently had a strange or romanticized idea of what early UK punk was like. The reviewer's description of The Adverts as "no name" will suffice to indicate his or her level of sophistication and knowledge of UK punk.
I think that this "warts and all" film does a better job than any other I've seen of getting across the giddy experimentalism, frenetic posing, and just sheer lunacy of early UK punk. The American equivalent would be the original DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION, which takes a similarly honest look at the highs 'n lows of the LA punk scene circa 1980.
True, The Slits couldn't really play when this was shot. That was the point. True, X-Ray Spex were not terribly polished. True, there was a certain amount of uncertainty about what "really counted" as "punk," and some former pub rock bands like the Hot Rods did get lumped together with more overtly punky bands. True, there were moments of boredom and tedium in the birth of punk; punk was (among other things) a reaction against a sense of ceaseless boredom and this film manages in its rough way to capture some of the atmosphere.
If, like the previous reviewer, you'd like to have a nice, polished MTV video for your documentary of UK punk, well, this DVD isn't it. If you'd like something a bit more accurate, however, then this is a fine companion piece to FILTH & FURY and WESTWAY TO THE WORLD.