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Doors 1:30 p.m.; Film 2 p.m.
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THE EXPERIENCE

Penelope Spheeris’ The Decline of Western Civilization is raw, loud, and unapologetically confrontational—a front-row document of L.A.’s early punk scene as it erupts with anger, urgency, and DIY defiance. The first film in Spheeris’ iconic trilogy captures the movement at its most volatile, featuring performances by X, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Fear, Catholic Discipline, Germs, and the Alice Bag Band.

Stick around for Part II: The Metal Years and Part III! Tickets sold separately for each screening.

ON SCREEN: The Decline of Western Civilization

1981. Directed by Penelope Spheeris. Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes. Not Rated.

Their message is brutally clear: Destroy the old and make way for the new. This is the punk’s violent revolution; Their lawless world. This is THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: A Riveting, unflinching account of the punk rock phenomenon and its alienated, reactionary subculture. This fierce, bleak portrait documents L.A.’s infamous punk bands as they perform on stage and discuss their lives, music and philosophy off stage. Through interviews with punk fans, music critics and club owners, it is a crucial, compelling statement of the most significant and influential youth movementand musical transformation of the past 3 decades. It is perhaps a prophetic glimpse of the forces that will inherit our world…. Witness THE DECLINE. Including performances by: X, CIRCLE JERKS, BLACK FLAG, FEAR, CATHOLIC DISCIPLINE, GERMS AND ALICE BAG BAND.