SLC Punk

SLC Punk
by James Merendino

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Movie Review: SLC Punk is so funny because it is/was so real
Summary: 5 Stars

If you grew up in SLC during the 1980s you have no excuse not to watch this film and verify that everything Stevo says really happened, if not to you, then to someone you personally know. I loved this film because it was told with a perspective of someone who is so intimately threaded into the fabric of this strange SLC culture as an outsider (non-Mormon transplant). SLC of the 1980s is more like this movie than the Mormon stereotype the rest of the world thinks exists for 100% of us SLC-ites. LOL! SLC does a LOT to TRY to shed it's stereotypical image of Mormonism to the rest of the world. These guys help take that job to the nth degree. WHY? Mostly because SLC can be SO BORING!

I've tried to get others to watch this movie because it is so worthwhile to explore an aspect of American culture that isn't often seen in film -- covered in such an intelligent manner. Those I've asked to watch the film look at the cover, see the young punks and title and refuse to even consider the time to watch it. Believe me, the cover of the box has nothing to do with the depth and quality of introspection you will gain by immersing yourself into this quality guided tour of the SLC underground culture in such a way that ONLY SLC can do it. (The movie is right, we are NOT normal here. You can't duplicate this kind of perspective anywhere else, you couldn't change the title to any other city name.)

What would I like to see? Another film by the same director looking at the equally juxtaposed strangeness of the Goth scene that the SLC Punk scene evolved into during the early to mid-90s.

What would I like to see after that? Another film by the same director looking at equally juxtaposted strangeness of the Metal scene that preceded the SLC Punk scene which evolved during very late 1970's and crossed over a bit with the SLC Punk scene.

Don't believe SLC could possibly have such anarchist attitudes, in such a conservative environment? Just how many times have you seen SLC anarchists on national news in the past 10 years? Straight Edgers, Animal Liberation Front, Skinheads, for example. It's just too bad it has evolved into some violence that seems to be growing. It didn't used to be that way at all in the '80s, well, except beating the crap out of "the cowboys".

My "most true" highlights from the film: 1. The fact that not all Punks LOOK like punks (the geek guy). 2. The fact that the surrounding states north of Utah are more like what the rest of the world thinks of Mormons than is SLC (Evanston, WY trip). 3. Posers in the malls (you know they only dress like that to go to the mall -- they wouldn't be caught dead looking or acting like a Punk at home or in school).

Like I said, "Been there, done that, seen that" (including being a student at the U, intimately involved 1978-1984, encouraged others along the anarchy line until mid-1990s, now I miss it all -- thanks for the movie to bring back the memories).

Roobah

Summary of SLC Punk