Surf Punks

Excellent documentary about the very early LA hardcore punk scene that almost seems accidental. Upon visiting LA in the summer of '81 the film maker notices that strangely enough Punk doesn't seem to be dead in L.A., but on the contrary, there seems to be a massive teenage movement going on. He decides to make a short documentary about it . As he says (not without irony); "Since everything happens a few years earlier in the US, I can show the parents back home what's in store for them". He was ofcourse witness to the baby steps of the hardcore scene. This is the only documentary of the era that is not sensationalizing or mythologizing. It doesn't talk to any of the scene "stars" but rather follows a few disenfranchised suburban kids and runaways (in Venice beach I think) . A rare look into a self destructive and nihilistic scene, where the main motives seem to be restlessness and soul crushing boredom. Perhaps one of the very few documentaries that give this era a human face.

Just nu saknas det uppgifter om var Surf Punks går att streama i Sverige. Så snart titeln blir tillgänglig på en svensk tjänst uppdaterar vi den här sidan.

Surf Punks är en dokumentärfilm från 1981. I en av huvudrollerna ses Mike Muir.

Speltiden är 0 timmar och 45 minuter. Originalspråket är engelska. På Filmotek uppdaterar vi löpande var du kan streama, hyra eller köpa Surf Punks i Sverige.