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 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.

A film by Aria Covamonas.

A film by Aria Covamonas.

An ecology of signs lurking amid seductive 16mm travel footage echoes with post-colonial reverberations in Ana Vaz's deceptively corrosive, award-winning Occidente

此片于1992年代表阿根廷参加奥斯卡最佳外语片竞选 　　马汉是一个住在巴西布宜诺斯艾利斯的年轻诗人，为了谋生，他有时不得不把他的点子卖给广告公司。 在蒙得维的亚，他认识了一个妓女，Ana，而爱上了她。 回到布宜诺斯艾利斯，为了赚钱和她相聚三天谈情说爱，他接受了公关公司的合同。在他心目中爱情的理想乐趣，就是在造爱中灵魂像升上半空一样。究竟他能够达到他一直找寻的境界吗？

此片于1992年代表阿根廷参加奥斯卡最佳外语片竞选 　　马汉是一个住在巴西布宜诺斯艾利斯的年轻诗人，为了谋生，他有时不得不把他的点子卖给广告公司。 在蒙得维的亚，他认识了一个妓女，Ana，而爱上了她。 回到布宜诺斯艾利斯，为了赚钱和她相聚三天谈情说爱，他接受了公关公司的合同。在他心目中爱情的理想乐趣，就是在造爱中灵魂像升上半空一样。究竟他能够达到他一直找寻的境界吗？

A young girl, Elizabeth, escaping from his tyrannical aunt Hilda, in the forest meets a medical student Charles. But soon Elizabeth again in the family estate, where aunt Hilda let her blood, "to cast out demons from her body". Her twin brother Emil begging their father, Baron Zorn, not to hurt her. In the manor sent Dr. Falkenberg to remove the hereditary curse hanging over come Zornow. With him travels Carl. The vehicle breaks down on the road, and every doctor goes his own way. Meanwhile, the night near a village in the forest are committed murder. All victims are strangled and sprinkled with rose petals... 　　(机译)一位年轻的姑娘，伊丽莎白，从他的残暴阿姨希尔达逃逸，在森林里遇到了一个医学专业的学生查尔斯。但很快再次伊丽莎白在家族庄园，在那里阿姨希尔达让她的血液，“赶鬼从她的身体”。她的双胞胎弟弟埃米尔乞求他们的父亲，男爵佐恩，不要伤害她。在庄园发送法尔肯贝里博士去除遗传性诅咒笼罩着来Zornow。他旅行卡尔。车辆发生故障的道路上，而每个医生去他自己的方式。同时，在附近的森林村庄夜晚是杀人。所有受害者都勒死，并撒上玫瑰花瓣...

Based on Stefan Zweig's famous novel.