Movie "Punk: Attitude" on IFC and DVD

We were channel surfing cable TV this evening when we stumbled upon an airing of the Don Letts' documentary "Punk: Attitude" on the Independent Film Channel (IFC). The film was released in 2005 and is now out on DVD. We had actually seen about half of the film last year when it was first shown on IFC, so this second chance was an opportunity to watch the bits we had missed the first time around.

"Punk: Attitude" documents the evolution and emergence of the music, style and attitude that would eventually be called "punk rock" or just "punk." The documentary is told in dozens upon dozens of interviews and recollections with many of the artists and infulential figures involved with the music. These interviews include conversations with CBGB's owner Hilly Kristal, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and Henry Rollins.

"Punk: Attitude" also connects the dots between the seminal musical influences and its many descendent sub-genres and trends. From MC5 and Iggy Pop & the Stooges through to the Ramones, New York Dolls, the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Dead Kennedies, Fugazi, Nirvana, Green Day and up to Blink 182 and Sum 41, the movie traces the steps and pop cultural tendrils of a music style that was born out of the New York City rock scene and malaise of early 1970's America and that made an international name for itself in the London music scene of the mid-70's. We could watch this fascinating movie again and again.

Posted by Supercore at February 22, 2006 10:04 PM