{"id":85900,"date":"2022-07-29T17:23:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T00:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85900"},"modified":"2022-08-12T12:38:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T19:38:40","slug":"d-o-a-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85900","title":{"rendered":"D.O.A. (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m not shocked by punk &#8212; I&#8217;m shamed by it.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-1980-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-1980-Poster-190x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-85901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-1980-Poster-190x300.png 190w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-1980-Poster-81x128.png 81w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-1980-Poster-171x270.png 171w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-1980-Poster.png 579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Sex Pistols and other punk bands perform and are interviewed by documentarian Lech Kowalski in the late 1970s.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Documentary<\/li>\n<li>Punk Rock<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;haphazardly constructed&#8221; documentary of the &#8220;seminal English punk group, The Sex Pistols, with extensive footage of their 1978 U.S. tour&#8221; is &#8220;nevertheless an arresting, upsetting social document about the punk scene at its peak.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sex-Pistols-Rotten-Singing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sex-Pistols-Rotten-Singing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sex-Pistols-Rotten-Singing.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sex-Pistols-Rotten-Singing-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sex-Pistols-Rotten-Singing-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sex-Pistols-Rotten-Singing-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He notes that &#8220;the young fans who show up for Sex Pistols concerts are society&#8217;s and mothers&#8217; worst nightmare&#8221; &#8212; and while &#8220;their make-up and wild clothing won&#8217;t bother anyone who has been to <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37847\"><em>The Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/em><\/a>&#8230; it&#8217;s disturbing to witness the pins through their cheeks, their mindless f**k-the-world hostility and rudeness (especially toward the cameraman), and their violence.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-X-Face.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-X-Face.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-X-Face.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-X-Face-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-X-Face-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-X-Face-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He adds that the &#8220;music by the Sex Pistols (Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones, Paul Cook) and other famous punk groups should please fans and, for those like [him &#8211; i.e., non-fans], satisfy curiosity,&#8221; and he concludes his review by noting that &#8220;surely the film&#8217;s most famous, most depraved scene is an interview with catatonic Vicious (wearing a swastika T-shirt) and spaced-out girlfriend Nancy Spungen&#8221; before they both died shortly thereafter. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Sid-Nancy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Sid-Nancy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Sid-Nancy.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Sid-Nancy-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Sid-Nancy-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Sid-Nancy-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This film also offers some drolly amusing commentary from various folks who are, shall we say, not especially pleased about the impact of punk music on society. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Anti-Smut.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Anti-Smut.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Anti-Smut.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Anti-Smut-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Anti-Smut-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Anti-Smut-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A time capsule glimpse at a unique period in music history<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Crowd.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Crowd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Crowd.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Crowd-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Crowd-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DOA-Crowd-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look as a cultural document.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0082226\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not shocked by punk &#8212; I&#8217;m shamed by it.&#8221; Synopsis: The Sex Pistols and other punk bands perform and are interviewed by documentarian Lech Kowalski in the late 1970s. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Documentary Punk Rock Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary writes that this &#8220;haphazardly constructed&#8221; documentary of the &#8220;seminal English punk group, The Sex Pistols, with extensive footage of their 1978 U.S. tour&#8221; is &#8220;nevertheless an arresting, upsetting social document about the punk scene at its peak.&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85900\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85900"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86078,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85900\/revisions\/86078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}