在报废汽车侵占的意识走廊里，过去、现在与可能的未来影像共生共存。

Unavailable on home video for many years (except perhaps as a grainy, nth-generation VHS bootleg), Penelope Spheeris' seminal document of the young 1979-1980 Los Angeles punk scene includes chaotic live performances by now-legendary groups like Black Flag (with short-lived lead singer Ron "Chavo Pederast" Reyes), X (giving themselves stick-and-poke tattoos) and the Germs (whose unpredictable lead singer Darby Crash would commit suicide before the film's release) interwoven with talking-head interviews with teenage punks and, most entertainingly, older club owners trying very hard to describe a growing form of music they were clearly unprepared for. The footage of Fear's confrontational set would later grab the attention of John Belushi, who snagged the band a 1981 appearance on Saturday Night Live (and resulted in $20,000 in damage to the studio). - Tom Fritsche

Unavailable on home video for many years (except perhaps as a grainy, nth-generation VHS bootleg), Penelope Spheeris' seminal document of the young 1979-1980 Los Angeles punk scene includes chaotic live performances by now-legendary groups like Black Flag (with short-lived lead singer Ron "Chavo Pederast" Reyes), X (giving themselves stick-and-poke tattoos) and the Germs (whose unpredictable lead singer Darby Crash would commit suicide before the film's release) interwoven with talking-head interviews with teenage punks and, most entertainingly, older club owners trying very hard to describe a growing form of music they were clearly unprepared for. The footage of Fear's confrontational set would later grab the attention of John Belushi, who snagged the band a 1981 appearance on Saturday Night Live (and resulted in $20,000 in damage to the studio). - Tom Fritsche

The third (and seemingly final) installment in Penelope Spheeris' Los Angeles music trilogy, THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION III follows not the punk acts of Los Angeles from 1996-1997 but their homeless teenaged fans. Musician interviews in this DECLINE are fewer but include interesting musings from Keith Morris from the Circle Jerks and Flea (credited as the "ex-bass player of Fear"). DECLINE III lives up to its title as Spheeris explores every facet of the gutter-punk life, from their damaged upbringings (nearly all were abused or neglected as children) to the self-destructive lives they lead on society's fringe (alcoholism, homelessness and run-ins with skinheads, among others). - Tom Fritsche

The third (and seemingly final) installment in Penelope Spheeris' Los Angeles music trilogy, THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION III follows not the punk acts of Los Angeles from 1996-1997 but their homeless teenaged fans. Musician interviews in this DECLINE are fewer but include interesting musings from Keith Morris from the Circle Jerks and Flea (credited as the "ex-bass player of Fear"). DECLINE III lives up to its title as Spheeris explores every facet of the gutter-punk life, from their damaged upbringings (nearly all were abused or neglected as children) to the self-destructive lives they lead on society's fringe (alcoholism, homelessness and run-ins with skinheads, among others). - Tom Fritsche

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years is a documentary film directed by Penelope Spheeris about the Los Angeles heavy metal scene from 1986 to 1988.

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years is a documentary film directed by Penelope Spheeris about the Los Angeles heavy metal scene from 1986 to 1988.

本片为中国传媒大学艺术学部动画与数字艺术学院13级学生毕业作品。

This experimental documentary uses the life stories of a Chinese woman artist to explore alternatives to dominant versions of history. Growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution, she first came to the U.S. to study, and then, after the government crackdown, to live. FLOW's narratives of the Cultural Revolution are constructed from her extremely personal and often satirical points of view. The fragments of her memory are used to undermine the master narrative of history. Yau Ching writes, "An exiled native speaks a language not fully comprehensible to her 'fellow-natives' any more. A part of her is not able to go back any more. Given its politically subversive content, the very fact that this tape can only be made here, when the native is not at home, highlights the limitations of 'home.' Her memory haunts her and blocks her from being assimilated by the dominant American society. She lives in this 'between-world dilemma,' deprived of the privileges of being fully identified either as a native or as a westerner." 　　In Mandarin, Cantonese and English with English subtitles. 　　Producer/Director/Editor: Yau Ching. Camera: Yau Ching, Ellen Pau. 'Butterfly in California' Camera: Robert Harris. On-line Editors: Karen Heyson, Eric Kinke, John Grod. Sound Mix: Karen Heyson. Creative Consultants: Yvonne Rainer, Mary Kelly, Deirdre Boyle. On-line Facilities: Center for New Television, Chicago, Film & Video arts, NY, Electric Film NY. Off-line Facility: Girls make Videos, inc. 　　Ordering & Fees

This experimental documentary uses the life stories of a Chinese woman artist to explore alternatives to dominant versions of history. Growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution, she first came to the U.S. to study, and then, after the government crackdown, to live. FLOW's narratives of the Cultural Revolution are constructed from her extremely personal and often satirical points of view. The fragments of her memory are used to undermine the master narrative of history. Yau Ching writes, "An exiled native speaks a language not fully comprehensible to her 'fellow-natives' any more. A part of her is not able to go back any more. Given its politically subversive content, the very fact that this tape can only be made here, when the native is not at home, highlights the limitations of 'home.' Her memory haunts her and blocks her from being assimilated by the dominant American society. She lives in this 'between-world dilemma,' deprived of the privileges of being fully identified either as a native or as a westerner." 　　In Mandarin, Cantonese and English with English subtitles. 　　Producer/Director/Editor: Yau Ching. Camera: Yau Ching, Ellen Pau. 'Butterfly in California' Camera: Robert Harris. On-line Editors: Karen Heyson, Eric Kinke, John Grod. Sound Mix: Karen Heyson. Creative Consultants: Yvonne Rainer, Mary Kelly, Deirdre Boyle. On-line Facilities: Center for New Television, Chicago, Film & Video arts, NY, Electric Film NY. Off-line Facility: Girls make Videos, inc. 　　Ordering & Fees