The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)

X is not my favorite band in this movie, but they are the only people I would be able to tolerate hanging out with for more than 10 minutes.

Sam O

Everyone in this is so nihilistic and full of angst and meanwhile the guitarist of X is just like 😃 on stage

Alex

Maturity is being able to hold two contrasting ideas in your mind and honor both of them. On the one hand this is a beautiful and powerful portrait of a scene finding its voice outside of society that profoundly spoke to me when I was a teenager and still does at 35. On the…

Branson Reese

Sometimes when I see documentaries about long-gone scenes/movements, I wish I could have been there. I did not feel that way watching this.

Will Sloan

takes the incoherent and aimless feelings of rage that powered this scene and these performers and turns them into a very sad and sweaty concert film that focuses on the physical expression of them in movement, sound and violence.

Josh Lewis

I'm pretty sure streaming this while in bed and completely sober is the absolute antithesis of this movie.

Kyle B.

Every punk band got the one member who's just a dork that's disproportionately better at their instrument than the rest of the band.

SeanMW

punk is horrible and punks are horrible

single white femalien

some great tunes but glad i wasn’t there

Vera Drew