The Decline of Western Civilization

1981, 1h 40min -

This riveting, unflinching, and hard-core documentary adeptly captures the spirit of a major cultural phenomenon and features performances by X, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Germs, and Alice Bag Band. Breaking down barriers of expression and social mores, these Los Angeles punks opposed everything, giving birth to an antiestablishment view of the world that permeates today’s music, politics, social attitudes, styles, and trends. Spheeris’s film documents their deliberate reaction to the mass commercialism of music. Still burgeoning at the time, many of the punk bands first seen here have since become legendary. Show more

"The Decline of Western Civilization" — movie produced in USA and released in 1981. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.5 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 40min. "The Decline of Western Civilization" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel, Tubi and Pluto TV. Click on a playlink to watch it now!