Punk's Not Dead
by Susan Dynner
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Actor: Billie Joe Armstrong, Charlie Harper, Henry Rollins, Jello Biafra, John DoeDirector: Susan Dynner
Brand: Music Video Dist
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Mvd Visual
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Movie Review: An Excellent exploration into Punk from the past to today!
Summary: 5 Stars
First off, as a disclaimer-There is so much that is affiliated with "punk" that it'd be both darn near impossible to include EVERYTHING in one DVD and still do justice to anything without the film being days long; and with so much debate about what is and is not "punk" in general makes the task that much harder. This movie takes the focus more toward the second part of the disclaimer and does a great job with that. This movie probably won't settle many debates, but it will make you think further-one of the things that I've always felt punk is about in the first place. With that being said, through interviews, photos and concert footage the film provides a look into punk rock, from its roots, to the current (as of the films creation several years ago) manifestions and how its been percieved then and now. For the casual punk fan or for someone new to punk rock I'd rate this movie as a definite must see. For Everyone else I'd also put this high on your list, if just for some of the interviews included on here. This film does the best that can be expected with so much ground to cover and does a nice job touching on alot of points and alot of areas. If your looking for a history lesson, this isnt it-American hardcore probably does a better job (if that film is anything like its book-which I've read and have sitting in front of me right now) With that being said, my only real disapointments with this film stems from the fact that I'd like to see and hear more from some of the folks interviewed on here, but I think any existing fan of the genre will feel that way and would probably feel that way about different folks-I might (and do) want to hear more from Ian Mackaye and others may want to hear more from someone like Billy Jo. Again though, given the immense ground that this film has to cover, it does a good job giving examples and hitting on major points-if only briefly, yeah there are some bands/people/scenes/aspects that are left out, but again, I think any fan would probably name a few different bands that they'd have liked to see-I would have liked to hear from the bouncing souls or less than Jake (ska wasnt really touched on) but others may feel that way about the misfits or wanting to hear more from the dead kennedys-who also seemed to get too brief a message, and even though its punk's deservedly ugly stepchild-an examination into the extremist skinhead punk (anti-punk in a way) would have been interesting just to show that side of the story which so many others often neglect
Overall, aside from those inevitable minor dissapointments, the film does an excellent job and would make a great intoduction to punk for someone new to the
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