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Suburbia | Year: 1983 Classification: Drama Directed: - Penelope Spheeris Great Movie But Poor Transfer To DVD Suburbia does an excellent job of capturing the spirit of the hardcore punk scene of the early 1980's. All of its music and fashion (long before the goth look became trendy) is accurately portrayed. Whereas in SLC punk where you had actors portraying punk rockers, the kids in Suburbia were actually part of the hardcore music scene. My biggest disappointment with this DVD though is it's quality. As this was one my favorite movies from my teen years, I was hoping that the DVD would be a nice clear print of the film. Instead, it looks like the film was transferred from a VHS tape. Very poor sound and video. The commentary by director Penelope Spheeris is also lacking in that she should have included some of the "punk" actors. It would have been interesting to hear their take on this film (and the hardcore scene) 20 years later. I would have given this DVD 5 stars but have subtracted two points for the poor quality of the transfer. #1 punk movie It was 1986 when I first saw this movie, and I was hooked. Penelope Spheeris does an amazing job bringing each character to life. Being a suberban punk, after watching this movie helped me realize what a hard life really was. There is such a strong sense of unity throughout the whole movie between characters, nothing seems staged its all real and easy to relate to. <BR> The plot is strong throughout the whole movie. Great apperances by D.I. and TSOL. The story fallows a group of friends just trying to survive in Suberbia. Through Garage hopping, fights, shows, rough times and death this group of Totally Rejected kids stick together, share everything they have and show what true punk is all about. This film is a must see for everyone a punker or not. It reasures punk kids that they are apart of something bigger, and shows what real friends, unity and loyalty is all about. Spheeris did an excellent job, I reccomend this movie to everyone, always have, always will. One person's version of 80's punk and L.A. Before I became a christian, this movie was like my mantra of life. Im not kidding, this movie was that important to me at age 14/15 back in 1985. However, now that I am 32 and it's no longer the 80's, it's the year 2004, I'll say some stuff about this film. <BR>This movie depicts a story of kids in the LA area in the early 80's, who due to family problems end up running away and becoming punks. These characters are "rescued" in different ways by a group of punk kids called "TR"-"the rejected"..they live in a house in the middle of an abandoned suburban neighborhood "out by the 605" freeway in Downey, CA (which is actually a predominantly latino community in real life)..these kids are punks with spiked hair, leather jackets, ripped army surplus clothes and run down cars with the names of punk bands spray painted on them...in other words, they dont look like others. They're opposed by local "redneck" type adults who seem to have it out for the TR kids, until a showdown..in between are various concert performances from 80's LA punk bands DI, the Vandals, and tsol...a very young Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers is in the movie as Razzle, a kid who shoots cockroaches with his slingshot and loves his pet rat. Also in the movie is Chris Petersen as Jack, one of the main characters, and an actor who's only other role was a small part in Oliver Stone's Platoon<BR>I will say that this film is not entirely realistic...it's a somewhat "punk rock romanticized" version of LA. Southern Cal in this movie is seen as this place where wild dogs run around like coyotes and people sit by bonfires at night..as if LA in the early 80's was some sort of wild west frontier. Also, anyone in this movie who's not a punk rocker has no fashion whatsoever...all the non punks in the film wear random polo shirts and slacks from the discount section of Mervyn's. There's no breakdancers, pop lockers, mods, low riders, or any other style of person to compete with the punk lifestyle (styles that actually were around in real life in LA at the time)-it's either punks or t.v audience-looking "maniquins"...in a way, it's a teenager's view of the world, there's me and my group, and then there's everyone else. However, Suburbia shows the value of being a friend to others, and shows the problems of prejudice and dysfunctional families, which is somewhat the moral of the film..It's not 100% realistic as some feel, but it will show Penelope Sheris's vision of 80's punk culture-- before it was turned into the "MTV Jackass/Blink 182" "corporate version" of punk that exists now Buy Suburbia at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Suburbia Search with the Priority Search Engine on Suburbia This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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