Tuesday, February 15, 2005
The Ramones: End of the Century (Much better than Ramones Raw)
Just saw Ramones: End of the Century and the wonderful FACT Cinema in Liverpool, and I watched the movie in this charming room:
Johhny Ramone himself said that this was a dark and disturbing documenty, and it really is, it's everything that Ramones Raw should have been. It contains amazing early live footage of The Ramones in action, delivering a soinc smack in the face while Joey flops scarecrow like around the stage, it really shows how revolutionry they where for the time. It also has great live footage of The Stooges and Television.
The interviews give this documentry it's really impact. Footage of Joey Ramone is painfully absent, the fotoage of Dee Dee Ramone shows his as the oddly umbalanced person he is and Johhny Ramone comes aacross as the stern man he was and needed to be. Tommy Ramone, being the most alive of the original members makes the most appearances, and Joey is reprsented through interviews with his mother, brother, and embarrasing photos of his as a child. Footage of Riche Ramone, in his suite is sadly included.
Some choice stars make appearances to, Joey Strummers last interview was for this move, telling us how he first met The Ramones,and extended footage of the interview is set for inclusion on the DVD release. Thurston Moore, Rob Zombie and Glenn Matlock also make apperances.
But this movie really was what life in The Ramones was like, a bitter battle for control and reccognition. The Marky Ramone produced Ramones Raw sugar coated things too much, too much footage was from thier time in italy and Brasil where The Ramones where huge. End of the Century shows the same footage in a more disturbing light, saying how, especially in Brazil, the kids came from the same rough living, glue sniffing The Ramones sang about, so naturally they took them up as idols.
Another bonus is that End of the Century covers thier career in it's entiry, focusing on key momeants (Such as working with Phill Spector and the Joey /Johnny bust-up), the patchy eras of thier career and the death of Joey & Dee Dee Ramone (The commentry on Dee Dee Ramones death is especially moving).
A really dark movie, a must see for a fan or anybody inteested in the complete twisted history of punk and the crucial role The Ramones played at thier cost.
A great time was had and I'm looking forward to the DVD release, so Hey Ho, go see the movie!
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Johhny Ramone himself said that this was a dark and disturbing documenty, and it really is, it's everything that Ramones Raw should have been. It contains amazing early live footage of The Ramones in action, delivering a soinc smack in the face while Joey flops scarecrow like around the stage, it really shows how revolutionry they where for the time. It also has great live footage of The Stooges and Television.
The interviews give this documentry it's really impact. Footage of Joey Ramone is painfully absent, the fotoage of Dee Dee Ramone shows his as the oddly umbalanced person he is and Johhny Ramone comes aacross as the stern man he was and needed to be. Tommy Ramone, being the most alive of the original members makes the most appearances, and Joey is reprsented through interviews with his mother, brother, and embarrasing photos of his as a child. Footage of Riche Ramone, in his suite is sadly included.
Some choice stars make appearances to, Joey Strummers last interview was for this move, telling us how he first met The Ramones,and extended footage of the interview is set for inclusion on the DVD release. Thurston Moore, Rob Zombie and Glenn Matlock also make apperances.
But this movie really was what life in The Ramones was like, a bitter battle for control and reccognition. The Marky Ramone produced Ramones Raw sugar coated things too much, too much footage was from thier time in italy and Brasil where The Ramones where huge. End of the Century shows the same footage in a more disturbing light, saying how, especially in Brazil, the kids came from the same rough living, glue sniffing The Ramones sang about, so naturally they took them up as idols.
Another bonus is that End of the Century covers thier career in it's entiry, focusing on key momeants (Such as working with Phill Spector and the Joey /Johnny bust-up), the patchy eras of thier career and the death of Joey & Dee Dee Ramone (The commentry on Dee Dee Ramones death is especially moving).
A really dark movie, a must see for a fan or anybody inteested in the complete twisted history of punk and the crucial role The Ramones played at thier cost.
A great time was had and I'm looking forward to the DVD release, so Hey Ho, go see the movie!
.
