Documentary Movie Reviews
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The Filth and the Fury (2000)
Rate:
9
Viewed:
4/08, 6/10, 3/22
4/08:
The Filth and the Fury is an informative documentary about England's most influential punk rock band: the Sex Pistols.
There's a nice flow that recounts the history of how the band came to existence. Infamous moments are covered, and all
of the surviving members, most especially Johnny Rotten, offer stories in bits and pieces that are intercut with excerpts of
Laurence Olivier's Richard III.
It's interesting to see how much they don't care about their legacy. In fact, the Sex Pistols were inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, but they refused to attend the ceremony, calling the museum "a piss stain." Nothing will ever
change with them.
All in all, The Filth and the Fury is a solid documentary about the rise and fall of the Sex Pistols.
6/10:
The Filth and the Fury is mostly incoherent this time around.
All I saw is a great deal of raw footage which is good. Yet the lack of details leaves me wanting more. One bothersome
trait of the documentary is the silhouetted band members during the interviews.
All in all, the Sex Pistols has earned its rightful place in punk rock history, but I wish The Filth and the Fury
was done better.
3/22:
I'm now looking at The Filth and the Fury favorably.
It's a very good documentary, chronicling the rise and fall of the Sex Pistols, the most famous band in punk rock history
which started the movement and inspired countless musicians. It only released one album: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's
the Sex Pistols which includes "Anarchy in the UK" and "God Save the Queen." In short, there's nothing like the Sex Pistols.
All in all, to catch up on punk rock, you should start with The Filth and the Fury and then follow it up with
The Decline of Western Civilization; they're both outstanding
documentary films.