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The Filth And The Fury
2000
The Filth and the Fury is an irreverent, shocking portrait of the most notorious rock group of all time. It documents the story of The Sex Pistols, charting their rise from the litter-stacked back-streets of '70s London through their crucifixion by the British tabloids, canonization by hundreds of thousands of fans around the .. Read more
| Starring | The Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, John Lydon, Malcolm McLaren |
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| Director | Julien Temple |
| Genres | Documentary |
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The Filth And The Fury
The Filth and the Fury is an irreverent, shocking portrait of the most notorious rock group of all time. It documents the story of The Sex Pistols, charting their rise from the litter-stacked back-streets of '70s London through their crucifixion by the British tabloids, canonization by hundreds of thousands of fans around the world and ultimate implosion on tour in America. Myths are debunked, scores are settled and the words of the band are heard for the first time as they step once and for all away from the shadow of their one-time manager Malcolm McLaren.
| Starring | The Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, John Lydon, Malcolm McLaren, Glen Matlock, Steve Jones, Paul Cook |
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| Director | Julien Temple |
| Studio | CHANNEL 4 DVD |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 16 Jun 2003 Production year: 2000 |
| Format | DVD |
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Director Julien Temple here revisits The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle for a second look at the band with the gift of the gob: the Sex Pistols. Sidelining self-serving manager Malcolm McLaren, this punk retrospective combines comments from surviving band members with unseen archive footage and TV appearances, including the notorious encounter with Bill Grundy. The result is a more accurate and less sensationalised account of the era of safety-pinned, one-chord wonders. Fast and furious, this is essential viewing for anyone who was there, anyone who wasn't there but wishes they were, and even for anyone who wasn't there and is glad they weren't.
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Diverting account of the beginnings of punk rock, as told by its participants, who acknowledge the tensions within the group that kept high their levels of aggression, though the habit of filming the interviewees against the light, so that their faces ar
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10 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Interesting documentary
The story of the Sex Pistols is entertainingly told in this documentary. Early scenes show the run-down, squalid, conflict-ridden Britain of the 1970s in which the Pistols emerged. We then see interviews and archive footage about how Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood created the band which shocked the nation. What is remarkable is how the Pistols' obscene language, offensive behaviour and ridicule of the monarchy, which shocked so many in the 1970s and got them banned from many towns and TV shows, has become more-or-less part of mainstream UK culture in 2004. Recommended as a slice of recent British social history and nostalgia.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
As somebody who grew up during the 70's and was very interested in the punk movement I was really looking forward to this film and it did not disapoint.Beware of the expected bad language, if you have any interest in the punk scene this is essential viewing.
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The Filth And The Fury
The Filth and the Fury is an irreverent, shocking portrait of the most notorious rock group of all time. It documents the story of The Sex Pistols, charting their rise from the litter-stacked back-streets of '70s London through their crucifixion by the British tabloids, canonization by hundreds of ...
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