That aside, this is a great, accurate documentary of heavy metal. He's drunk out of his mind and makes it quite clear that he hates life, is an alcoholic, had a heavily dysfunctional childhood and will be dead soon. The only depressing footage is an interview with Chris Holmes of WASP. Interesting to see Ozzy Osbourne years before that reality show he did for MTV. The interviews with fans of the music are just as fun. The bands come across as very upbeat and accessible. The whole feeling of the film is actually uplifting and very funny. ![]() The movie makes no judgments on the performers or their music.they leave that up to the audience. The contrasts and their views on music, drugs and sex are very interesting and illuminating. There are just fascinating talks with old time performers (Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne) and newcomers (Odin, WASP, Poison). The second in Penelope Spheeris’ trilogy, The Metal Years takes a fast-paced look at the outrageous Heavy Metal scene of the late '80s. Unlike the first "Decline." this movie concentrates more on interviews than concert footage. 'It's a wickedly straight-on peek into the Rock 'n' Roll subculture of Heavy Metal.' Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times IT'S MORE THAN MUSIC. Decline III was also released separately via streaming video.Great documentary of the heavy metal scene of the late 1980s. According to an article by Laura Snapes, "there was little demand to see such a depressing movie, and the few distribution offers that Spheeris got required her to hand over the rights to the first two movies, which she refused to do". This was partly due to Spheeris refusing to relinquish the rights to the first two parts of the trilogy in order to enable the third to be released. However, it never went into general release and was not available on VHS or DVD until the release in 2015 of a box set containing all three films on DVD and Blu-ray. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival and the Chicago Underground Film Festival, where it received a jury award. The film premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Freedom of Expression Award. County Jail awaiting trial for his murder. The film ends by listing the fate of two of the interviewees in "Squid", who having died on Jfrom multiple stab wounds along with "Spoon" being in L.A. Performances by four bands were filmed: Final Conflict, Litmus Green, Naked Aggression, and The Resistance. Musicians interviewed include Keith Morris ( Black Flag, Circle Jerks), Rick Wilder ( The Mau-Mau's), and Flea ( Fear, Red Hot Chili Peppers) Morris had previously appeared in the first The Decline of Western Civilization. Near the end, the film shows a memorial squat location near where a local squatter in Stephen Chambers had died in a fire. Los Angeles Police Department officer Gary Fredo and a paralyzed youth living on disability benefits are also interviewed. Spheeris talks to homeless teenagers living on the street or squatting in abandoned buildings in Los Angeles that go by the names of "Why-Me?", "Hamburger", "Troll", "Eyeball", "Squid", and others. The film involves gutter punks who take the anti-establishment message with extreme seriousness and tune out society completely. It is dedicated to "Squid, Stephen Chambers, and all the gutterpunks that survive." Synopsis Īs mentioned in the opening credits, the film shot between July 1996 and August 1997 in Los Angeles. She began a relationship with a man she met while filming the movie, signed up to be a foster parent, and eventually fostered five children. ![]() Spheeris later credited the 1998 film with having a profound effect on her. ![]() The second film, The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988), covers the Los Angeles heavy metal movement of 1986–1988. The first film, The Decline of Western Civilization (1981), dealt with the punk rock scene during 1980–1981. It is the third film of a trilogy by Spheeris depicting life in Los Angeles at various points in time. The Decline of Western Civilization III is a 1998 documentary film, directed by Penelope Spheeris, that chronicles the gutter punk lifestyle of homeless teenagers.
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