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Punk's Not Dead (2007)

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Reviews Counted:20

Fresh:18

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: On the edge of the 30th anniversary of punk rock, Punk's Not Dead takes you into the sweaty underground clubs, backyard parties, recording studios, and yes, shopping malls and stadium shows where... On the edge of the 30th anniversary of punk rock, Punk's Not Dead takes you into the sweaty underground clubs, backyard parties, recording studios, and yes, shopping malls and stadium shows where punk rock music and culture continue to thrive. Thirty years after bands like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols infamously shocked the system with their hard, fast, status-quo-killing rock, the longest-running punk band in history is drawing bigger crowds than ever, "pop-punk" bands have found success on MTV, and kids too young to drive are forming bands that carry the torch for punk's raw, immediate sound. Meanwhile, "punk" has become a marketing concept to sell everything from cars to vodka, and dyed hair and piercings mark a rite of passage for thousands of kids. Can the true, nonconformist punk spirit still exist in today's corporatized culture? Featuring interviews, performances, and behind-the-scenes journeys with the bands, labels, fans, and press who keep punk alive, Punk's Not Dead dares to juxtapose pop-punk's music and lifestyle against the roots in the 70s and 80s, resulting in unexpected revelations. A DIY search for the soul of a subculture and a celebration of all things loud, fast, and spiked, Punk's Not Dead shows punk is stronger and more relevant today than it's ever been. --© Official Site [More]

Director: Susan Dynner

Director: Susan Dynner
Producer: Susan Dynner, Todd Traina

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Play this movie loud. Really loud.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
07/26/07
David Fear
David Fear
Time Out
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Punk's Not Dead is more than a nostalgia trip. Rather than just capturing what punk sounds like, Dynner shows us what it feels like, what punk really means -- present tense.

Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | comment Comment
07/24/09
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Times-Picayune
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

Filmmaker Susan Dynner finally turns in the punk music documentary we all deserve, and one that punks can finally relate to.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
08/14/08
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Even the title sounds like a hardheaded comeback to a proclamation nobody made.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
10/19/07
Ted Fry
Ted Fry
Seattle Times

Dynner delights in presenting a wealth of contrasting testimonies, and has no intention of delivering a judgment on any of it.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
10/18/07
Bill White
Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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It could've used a little more clarity and context, but, then, that's not very punk, is it?

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
09/07/07
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

A documentary for the thinking mosher.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
08/30/07
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Susan Dynner's documentary about the past 30 years of punk music doesn't exactly break any new ground. But it does offer an entertaining overview that is leavened with humorous philosophical digressions.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
08/10/07
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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Director Susan Dynner’s documentary Punk’s Not Dead is an ambitious documentary that seeks out to portray exactly the idea expressed in its title.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
08/06/07
Ryan Cooper
Ryan Cooper
About.com

It's a hell of an accomplishment to make a kinetic, hard-driving and visually arresting talking-heads documentary.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
07/30/07
Frank Lovece
Frank Lovece
Film Journal International

Poor punk. Such a bundle of complexes, most of them encapsulated in the needlessly defensive title of Susan Dynner's documentary Punk's Not Dead.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
07/27/07
Neil Genzlinger
Neil Genzlinger
New York Times
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The movie covers a lot of time and territory, and some of its questions are great ones. (The biggest, for true punks: Is getting a big record deal a sign of ultimate success, or final defeat?)

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
07/27/07
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger

Punk might not be dead, but it sure has seen better days.

Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
07/27/07
Edward Havens
Edward Havens
FilmJerk.com

About as in-your-face and raggedy as its subject, Dynner's film is really less of a history than a psychological profile, rooting around for the meat of what makes punk so resilient, cross-generational and communal.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
07/26/07
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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[It's] a documentary that's more about the enduring lifestyle of basement shows, crust-punk houses, and aging rebels than the music. And that can be fascinating stuff.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
07/24/07
Camille Dodero
Camille Dodero
Village Voice

Punk's Not Dead serves as a diehard's scrapbook of three decades of living punk, not a eulogy for an extinct underground retrofitted as a fashion trend.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
07/23/07
Bill Stamets
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times
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This film has an absolutely stellar cast of interviewees, so if you like punk music you’ll be in hog heaven watching it, I guarantee you.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
07/10/07
Graham Rae
Graham Rae
Film Threat

Whether you’re a kid with a fresh coat of shellac on your Mohawk or an aging hipster still clinging to the Johnny Rotten school of snot, it’s a film that enlightens the debate and demonstrates without a doubt that when punk disappears, it never truly dies

Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
07/10/07
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
FilmJerk.com

Punk's Not Dead is a documentary of immense personality and information...a film that enlightens the debate and demonstrates without a doubt that when punk disappears, it never truly dies.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/05/07
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
eFilmCritic.com
 
 
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