Destroy All Movies, edited by Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly, represents a truly epic undertaking - an attempt to catalog and review every movie with a punk in it made in the 20th century. The writing is hilarious, and there are interviews with the cast and creators of numerous classics of punk film, such as Penelope Spheeris, director of Suburbia and The Decline of Western Civilization, (as well as little known punk rock western "Dudes") and several punk rockers, including Lee Ving of Fear and John Doe and Exene Cervenka of X. The book contains over 1,000 movies, from cult classics to complete garbage. A must read for any lover of punk rock, or terrible movies (especially both.)
One thing that's amazing about the criminals in 1970s-1980s movies is, if they lived today everyone would think they're a hipster instead of a criminal thug.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting how similar styles can mean different things. Leather jackets = rebellion, but can also mean gayness.
There's one book that's very similar, which is about Arabs in movies, listing every movie dealing with Arab culture. To my delight, they gave a stellar, must-see review to Ray Harryhausen's "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad."