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SUBURBIA + SQUATPARTY
1983/1981
Director
Penelope Spheeris
Philip Munnoch
Starring
Chris Pedersen
Bill Coyne
Jennifer Clay
Timothy O'Brien
Wade Walston
Flea
Runtime
111 minutes
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SUBURBIA (1983, 94 minutes)
Deciding it was easier to turn punks into actors than to turn actors into punks, writer/director Penelope Spheeris (THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION) cast all non-professional actors – with the exception of the two leads – in her harsh rendering of communal squatter life and punk culture.
Escaping troubles at home, runaways in 1980s southern California create their own teenage dystopia in an abandoned suburban housing development. Neither heroes nor victims, the teens remain steadfastly loyal to their new family and new freedoms while fighting, harassing, and stealing from enemies who are not always unsympathetic. But their solidarity will be tested when they become the target of Citizens Against Crime, a group of unhappy suburbanites. Featuring live performances by classic SoCal punk bands T.S.O.L., D.I. and the Vandals, SUBURBIA is the punk answer to the iconic 80s teen movie: anarchic, nihilistic and painfully realistic.
"Not only the best movie ever made about punks, but one of the great films of all time." – Zack Carlson, Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film
SQUATPARTY (1981, 17 minutes)
In this singular slice of Captain Zip-shot cinéma vérité, we meet a perky plethora of punk girls, lying about in their respective squats, possibly contemplating trips into town, or possibly not. Mostly they seem quite happy staying in, knocking back red wine like water, swigging vodka (straight from the bottle, of course), scrounging baccy off each other, smoking endless ciggies, chatting, laughing, messing about for the camera, and generally having a lovely time. None of them make it out of the house.
"What stands out most is that punk was not a culture taken overly seriously by its protagonists. Those writing straight-faced treatise on its influence today would do well to watch these women pissing around in their flat, slathering on facepaint." - Joshua Surtees, Vice
Deciding it was easier to turn punks into actors than to turn actors into punks, writer/director Penelope Spheeris (THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION) cast all non-professional actors – with the exception of the two leads – in her harsh rendering of communal squatter life and punk culture.
Escaping troubles at home, runaways in 1980s southern California create their own teenage dystopia in an abandoned suburban housing development. Neither heroes nor victims, the teens remain steadfastly loyal to their new family and new freedoms while fighting, harassing, and stealing from enemies who are not always unsympathetic. But their solidarity will be tested when they become the target of Citizens Against Crime, a group of unhappy suburbanites. Featuring live performances by classic SoCal punk bands T.S.O.L., D.I. and the Vandals, SUBURBIA is the punk answer to the iconic 80s teen movie: anarchic, nihilistic and painfully realistic.
"Not only the best movie ever made about punks, but one of the great films of all time." – Zack Carlson, Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film
SQUATPARTY (1981, 17 minutes)
In this singular slice of Captain Zip-shot cinéma vérité, we meet a perky plethora of punk girls, lying about in their respective squats, possibly contemplating trips into town, or possibly not. Mostly they seem quite happy staying in, knocking back red wine like water, swigging vodka (straight from the bottle, of course), scrounging baccy off each other, smoking endless ciggies, chatting, laughing, messing about for the camera, and generally having a lovely time. None of them make it out of the house.
"What stands out most is that punk was not a culture taken overly seriously by its protagonists. Those writing straight-faced treatise on its influence today would do well to watch these women pissing around in their flat, slathering on facepaint." - Joshua Surtees, Vice