Product: Filth to Fury [VHS]
Rating: 4.0
This flick is not Filth.
If you're in the mood for a edgy documentary, why then you've came to the right place. The Filth and the Fury is a well-done documentary about the Sex Pistols that was put together 18 years after the demise of the band. The movie did a good job representing the Sex Pistols and all they stood for- I just wish that it would have gone more in depth on their music and history.I've seen documentaries on bands before, but none that went in the direction that this one did. Other band documentaries that I've seen concentrate on the band's music and them playing their music. This one seemed to concentrate on the image of the Sex Pisols and their effect on society at the time. Of course, that was the basis of the Sex Pisols' noteriety- their effect on culture. They were the pioneers of punk music and culture, so it was obiously going to go in that direction.Rock groups have had a huge effect on me and my life, as well as many teenagers, and so it was cool to see how youth were reacting to bands back then. Music has always had a profound effect on youth culture, and that's made ever apparent in this movie. Music helps defines who teens and young adults are- it plays a huge role in their character development. It's crazy and enlightening to see who was influencing some of the people in the older generation.There was numerous odd aspects about this film however, one being that the manager of the band, when being interviewed, wore a weird rubber suit that kind of freaked me out. The film being broken up by some old British Shakespearian movie was kind of wierd as well, but it was cool though.I wish there would have been sub-titles for some of the interviews because some of the interviewees' British accents were too strong to understand what they were saying. After a while I got used to it, but nonetheless.I really like learning about bands and their history and effect on the music world or the world in general, and so I obviously liked this movie. I've seen seriously about 40 VH1 "Behind the Music"s, and if you're into that type of thing, then this movie is for you. Overall, I liked it a lot. Like I said before, it probably would have been more interesting if it went a little more in depth on their history, but that's about the only drawback. Actually, another drawback was that it showed some nudity toward the begginning. (...). If you have the time- go see see this movie- it's two hours well spent.