Product: Filth to Fury [VHS]
Rating: 5.0
Being a Pistol Was No Fun
"The Filth and the Fury" is not just a great rockumentary it is a great document of the social upheaval that occurred during the heyday of the Sex Pistols. The decay that was occuring in Britain in the mid 1970's mirrored that of the established music industry i.e. Rod Stewart, etc. There was anger fomenting among the masses and the Sex Pistols were the response to that. Aside from great concert footage on hand here, there are great interviews with the surviving members of the band. Rotten, Jones, Cook, Matlock let it be known that they were not mere puppets of the machinations of manager Malcolm McLaren that they had a voice in the message that they were conveying. The film is also an effective diatribe against drug addiction by relating the sad fate of late bassist Sid Vicious, a naive youth who was unprepared for the pitfalls of fame and it's inherent temptations. Definitely avoid Alex Cox's "Sid and Nancy", a glamorized depiction of Sid's downfall. If you're not interested in the history, the music on hand is still good.