Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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.
- nihilism
- self-destruction
- interview
- punk rock
- los angeles
- california
- subculture
- punk band
- woman director
- teen rebel
- live music
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Exene Cervenka — Self
- Lorna Doom — Self
- Darby Crash — Self
- Don Bolles — Self
- Philo Cramer — Self
- John Doe — Self
- Lee Ving — Self
- Greg Ginn — Self
- Chuck Dukowski — Self
- Ron Reyes — Self
- Pat Smear — Self
- Directed
- Penelope Spheeris
- Written
- Penelope Spheeris
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 118 ratings
- Studio
- Spheeris Films Inc.
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1981 · You’re hereThe Decline of Western Civilization
Where it starts.
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
1988
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
- movie · 1988
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
The closest of them.
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American Hardcore
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
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End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
movie · 2003
The Filth and the Fury
movie · 2000
Suburbia
movie · 1984