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The Decline of Western Civilization
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The Decline of Western Civilization

1981 · 100 min Documentary Music
7.2 / 10 · TMDB

The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Penelope Spheeris

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Eugene Tatu

Eugene Tatu

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Alice Bag

Alice Bag

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Claude Bessy

Claude Bessy

Self

Dinah Cancer

Dinah Cancer

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Exene Cervenka

Exene Cervenka

Self

Lorna Doom

Lorna Doom

Self

Darby Crash

Darby Crash

Self

Don Bolles

Don Bolles

Self

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Philo Cramer

Self

John Doe

John Doe

Self

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