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I first viewed this movie back around 1980, before the invention of DVD players, when Malcom was showing it around Los Angeles for the first time in private movie theaters. This movie defines punk rock, whether you like the Pistols or not. This is a punk musical that reveals England's facist regime, and explains how big music corporations exploit and take advantage of rock bands (which probably led to the birth of indy labels). Sid Vicious lives on forever in this awesome piece of history. Rest in peace, Sid. Punks not dead, it just smells like it....
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle is a fictional "documentary" (a "mockumentary") film directed by Julian Temple and produced by Don Boyd and Jeremy Thomas about the seminal British punk rock band Sex Pistols. It starred guitarist Steve Jones as "The Crook", bassist Sid Vicious as "The Gimmick", drummer Paul Cook as "The Tea-Maker", and the band's manager, Malcolm McLaren, as "The Embezzler". Train robber Ronnie Biggs also made appearances. Notably, singer Johnny Rotten (who was listed in the credits as "The Collaborator") only appeared in archival footage and as an animated character due to his refusal to have anything to do with the film. Original bassist Glen Matlock also appears only in archival footage and briefly in an animated segment. This really is a must buy for any Sex Pistols fan as the direction is amazingly odd and the old footage of live shows is well worth the money. I would also recommend The Filth and the Fury, 2000; the surviving members of the Sex Pistols put their version of events in this film, as their ex-manager Malcolm put his version in The Swindle.Read full review
It took forever to get here but that is USPS and the pandemic's fault. It was exactly what I wanted and at a reasonable price.
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you have to like the sex pistols it tells of their rise and fall
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It explains the truth of what the band was all about in those days, making money.
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