2000 · documentary · music · biography
The Filth and the Fury (2000)
Directed by Julien Temple1h 48m2000
Julien Temple's second documentary profiling punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols is an enlightening, entertaining trip back to a time when the punk movement was just discovering itself. Featuring archival footage, never-before-seen performances, rehearsals, and recording sessions as well as interviews with group members who lived to tell the tale--including the one and only John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten).
Our read: The Filth and the Fury (2000) (2000) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive documentary · music · biography entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured documentary / music, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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