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“Punk’s Not Dreary” gets its point across through interviews with upwards of 100 members of punk bands past and display and lots of footage of punk then and now. The film has three vaguely delineated parts: The first is a whirlwind history of punk from its do-it-yourself birth in the 1970s, through a lull in the 1980s, and inspiring into the mainstream in the 1990s. The second fragment focuses on the bands that have been around since the 1970s or early 1980s and are calm going strong. The last share of the film is about young punk and punk-influenced bands, including powerful debate about whether pop-punk is punk and some reassuring evidence that underground punk is smooth very considerable alive.
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Director Susan Dynner focuses on punk bands and culture in the US and UK, though we acquire a smattering of international punk at the extinguish of the film. More than 160 people were interviewed for this film, most of whom were or are musicians, but there are some interviews with music critics, producers, tour organizers, and punk historian Alan Parker as well. The first section of the film doesn’t say enough about why punk developed or what makes it punk for my taste. There are also no dates until we secure to the leisurely 1980s, which is a puny bewildering. I have the impression that the film is aimed at punk fans who would already know these things and prefers to focus on the issues of punk’s longevity and the fallout of its being co-opted by the mainstream in the past 15 years.
But “Punk’s Not Uninteresting” convinced me. Punk is mild very worthy alive and thriving, both in mainstream derivatives and a punk underground that is as gritty and low-budget as ever. It’s astonishing to peek punkers who are aloof doing it after 3 decades next to the current bands, and those who dislike punk’s commerciality next to those who embrace it. And -I have to say- these middle-aged guys who are serene belting it out on stage are more convincing than the sexagenarian Rolling Stones. Of course, they are 10 years younger. But they peaceful have the spirit slow the music, which is more than I can say for the Stones. “Punk’s Not Humdrum” is a fun tour of the continuity of 30 years of punk rock, what has changed and what has remained the same. As one punk stalwart says, “Punk rock should be appalling!”
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The DVD (MVD 2008) : There are 18 bonus features on this disc, and I confess to not having watched them all. The features offer a smorgasbord of varying quality. Some are segments left out of the film because they are tangential. “Punk Rock Housing” and “Hair”, for example, are about some fresh aspects of the punk lifestyle. There is a trailer, some outtakes, and miscellaneous short interviews. A feature called “CBGB/The Roxy/The Masque” (29 min) interviews the founders of these 3 punk clubs in Current York, London, and Los Angeles about how the clubs came into being, what they were like and what happened to them. It’s very worthwhile if you’re involved in history.
I’ve seen impartial about every punk doc available and they ALL exclude one of the most prolific punk bands in history, The Misfits??? I’m not definite why this is, but it was the sole disappointment of this film. I would believe that after going for 30 years that the Misfits deserve some recognition. Other than that, stellar documentary……