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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: LILLARD/GOORJIAN/GISH DVD Layers: 1 DVD Sides: 1 EAN: 9780767837392 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0767837398 Label: Sony Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Sony Pictures MPN: 043396040151 Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 19, 1999 Running Time: 97 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: April 16, 1999 Editorial Review: Product Description: In the early 1980's Stevo and Heroin Bob are the only two dedicated punks in conversative Salt Lake City. No Track Information Available Media Type: DVD Artist: LILLARD/GOORJIAN/GISH Title: SLC PUNK Street Release Date: 04/24/2007 Genre: DRAMA Amazon.com: SLC Punk starts out entertainingly enough as a sarcastic snapshot of the punk-rock scene in Salt Lake City in 1985--complete with mohawks, moshing, and vague avowals of anarchy. But gradually, the wanderings of Stevo (Matthew Lillard from Scream) and Heroin Bob (Michael Goorjian) turn into a multilayered exploration of character and culture shock. Though he spends his days drinking and mocking the values of his parents, Stevo turns just as critical an eye on his own rhetoric and lifestyle, and comes to find that aimless rebellion may be just as hollow as the mindless pursuit of money. No character has the right point of view; there are no easy solutions. Despite lacking anything in the way of a plot, SLC Punk sustains its energy through wit, realism, propulsive editing, and excellent performances from Lillard, Goorjian, and the rest of the cast. It's emblematic of the movie's sophistication that Stevo's lawyer father (Christopher McDonald, who played Geena Davis's husband in Thelma and Louise) is treated satirically without being dismissed; though baffled by his son's form of rebellion, he never loses hope that Stevo will go on to law school and continues to cajole Stevo and argue with him about how the world works. By its end, the constantly shifting perspective of SLC Punk achieves a surprising emotional depth. It's also given a lot of energy by a well-chosen soundtrack of energetic but not overly familiar music of the time, including selections from Fear, the Dead Kennedys, the Stooges, and even Roxy Music. --Bret Fetzer Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Stevo's JourneyThis movie neatly follows the "journey" archetype. Meaning that, the main character is thrown into the midst of a conflict, and through the story changes and grows. That doesn't detract from it being an enjoyable journey, especially if you can relate to it, and with the subcultural roots and arguments, it makes it more enjoyable then standard mainstream fare. Memorable lines and interesting characters mixed with a great soundtrack as well as fun use of cinematic splicing (particularly during the ... Read More Rating:  - Fun, but really conservative in punk drag..."SLC Punk" is a shallow good time disguised as a sociological study. While seeming to laude the tenets of both anarchy and punk rock, the film is profoundly conservative and insulting once you dig a little deeper beneath the surface. Lillard is great, even during the obnoxious "speaking-directly-to-the-camera" portions, but what stands out is an underlying contempt for both punk specifically, and rebellion generally. "I didn't sell out, I bought in." That perhaps best sums up the sensibility behind ... Read More Rating:  - Poignant and Full of ContradictionsSLC Punk is about a couple of punk/anarchists stuck in the middle of conservative, Mormon-dominated Salt Lake City. This is a pretty good film, as long as one bears in mind that the kids in it represent more of a "lifestyle anarchism" than a political philosophy, and as Stevo (the main character and narrator) self-consciously admits at several points, their actions and attitudes often stand as a flagrant contradiction of the punk ethos they espouse. While the movie does not accurately portray the "authentic" ... Read More Rating: - descent movieThis movie is ok, not gonna win any awards. There is a lot of talk about punk posers in this movie. This is not about real punk rock. Which is fitting, because it's about posers. It's entertaining nonetheless. Rating: - Much more than I expected.This movie is proof that you should never judge an item by its appearance. When I first saw the cover of this DVD, I groaned, thinking it would be cliché, boring, and annoyingly stupid. But oh, how wrong I was. I started watching this movie not expecting anything appealing or intriguing, but I was instantly sucked in. It's so much more than a documentary/film of Salt Lake City "punks", it actually has a message, one that you will never forget. So I proudly purchased the film, and watched it over and over ... Read More |
