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The Decline Of Western Civilization [Priced-down Reissue]

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Release Date March 11, 2020
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Catalog No.KIXF-4389
JAN/ISBN 4988003860448
Product Type Blu-ray
TV Standard NTSC
Number of Discs 1
Label/DistributorKing Records
Color Color
Running Time 210minutes
Original Release Year 1981
Layers single-sided/single-layered
Region A
Subtitles Japanese Commentary
Audio Track English DTS HD Master Audio 2.0ch
English DTS HD Master Audio 5.1ch
Commentary Dolby Digital 2.0ch

Description

[Machine Translation] [King Records Rock Movie Classics Vol. 2] From Damned to Journey! Long-awaited reissue of music documentaries at an affordable price! 15 carefully selected films that are a must-see for all rock lovers! The Punks talk about their punk rock impulses, BLACK FLAG introduces the church where they live, DARBY CRUSH asks for beer, and LEE VING of FEAR punches a customer and yells, "Record company people must die. This is a shocking record of the moment when American punk exploded. The Decline" is the pinnacle of rock documentary filmmaking, and continues to influence the world. The Decline" is a stunning documentary that captures the moment in Los Angeles when the punk rock wave that had already begun in London and New York arrived in California at the end of the 1970s and became the ignition point for the American hardcore/punk movement that has since exploded into the underground world across the U.S. The film is directed by Penelope Spheeris. Director Penelope Spheeris was approached to make a pornographic film, but rejected the offer, instead capturing the bizarre scene where something was about to explode. BLACK FLAG, the giant of American hardcore, before it turned into a monster; Darby Crash of GERMS, a symbol of ruin and decadence, just before he tried to commit suicide (December 7, 1980). Young people give the middle finger to the mainstream, hate the police, dress and style as they please, are not afraid to be different, are aware of being in the minority, vent their uncontrollable loneliness, stress and aggression in their live shows, and despise rock stars as trivial. This film captures the chaos of LA's underground world, along with the violence, depravity, and anger of LA punk bands such as X, GERMS, BLACK FLAG, CIRCLE JERKS, ALICE BAG BAND, CATHOLIC DISCIPLINE, FEAR, and many others, in a live performance. Shot on 16mm and costing $120,000, the premiere screening at the 1,200-seat Hollywood Boulevard Theatre on March 13, 1981, drew an over-capacity crowd of 3,500, prompting the Los Angeles Police Department to dispatch 300 riot police to the scene. The crowd was so large that the Los Angeles Police Department dispatched 300 riot police to the scene. Unable to handle the crowd, an additional screening was quickly scheduled at 2:00 AM to avoid a riot, and both screenings were sold out. Police Chief Darryl Gates sent a petition to the director not to show the film, and no theaters were allowed to show the film after that, and it was never distributed at all.
Special Feature / Bonus Track: bonus video footage
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Description in Japanese

ザ・デクライン [廉価版] / 洋画

[キングレコード・ロックムービー・クラシックス第二弾] ダムドからジャーニーまで! 音楽ドキュメンタリー映画の数々がお求めやすい価格で待望のリイシュー! ロック好きは、観て絶対に損は無い厳選の15作品!! パンクロックの衝動を語る少年パンクス、アジトの教会を紹介するBLACK FLAG、ダービー・クラッシュは「ビールをくれ」とのたうちまわり、FEARのリー・ヴィングは客を殴り「レコード会社の人間は死ね」と叫ぶ。アメリカン・パンク暴発の瞬間を切り取った、衝撃の記録。世界中に影響を与え続ける、ロック・ドキュメンタリー映画の最高峰『ザ・デクライン』。ロンドン、ニューヨークで先行していたパンクロックの波が70年代末、カリフォルニアに到達、以後全米の地下世界に爆発的に吹き荒れたアメリカン・ハードコア/パンクのムーブメントの発火点となったロサンゼルスの、その瞬間を切り取った衝撃の記録。監督のペネロープ・スフィーリスはポルノ映画の制作を打診されるもそれを却下、逆に何かが弾けようとしていた異様な現場を活写した。アメリカン・ハードコアの巨人BLACK FLAGが怪物と化す前の様子、破滅と退廃の象徴GERMSのダービー・クラッシュが自殺を図る直前 (1980年12月7日、自殺)の姿。若者たちはメインストリームに中指を立て、警察を憎み、趣くままの服装とヘアスタイルで、異質・異端であることを恐れず、マイノリティであることを自覚しながら、おさまりきらない孤独とストレスとアグレッションをライヴで発散させ、ロックスターはくだらないと蔑視する。本作はそんなLAの地下世界のカオスをX、GERMS、BLACK FLAG、CIRCLE JERKS、ALICE BAG BAND、CATHOLIC DISCIPLINE、FEARなどのLAパンクの猛者ともいえるバンドたちの暴力と堕落と怒り渦巻くライヴとともに映像におさめた唯一無二のドキュメンタリー映画である。16mm撮影、制作費12万ドル。1981年3月13日、座席数1,200のハリウッド・ブルバード・シアターのプレミア上映では、キャパシティを超える3,500の観客が殺到、ロサンゼルス市警察は300人の機動隊を派遣した。客を捌ききれず暴動回避のため、深夜2時に急遽追加上映が組まれ、2回ともソールドアウト。警察長ダリル・ゲイツは監督に上映しないよう嘆願書を送付、以後上映できる劇場は現れず、一切のディストリビューションにのることはなかった。
映像特典: 初公開映像 (XがSlash Recordsと契約、ライヴハウス「ザ・マスク」の紹介)、初公開ライヴ映像 (FEAR×4曲、GERMS×2曲、THE GEARS×1曲)、ヘンリー・ロリンズ×ペネロープ・スフィーリス対談、上映時舞台挨拶映像、インタビュー映像ロングバージョン (BLACK FLAG、ダービー・クラッシュのアパート、X、ブレンダン・マレン、GERMSのマネージャー・二コール、白電球パンクス)、「ザ・デクライン」音声解説×2 ((1)監督+アナ・フォックス、(2)デイヴ・グロール)

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    Tracklisting

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    THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
    ザ・デクライン

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