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Penelope Spheeris made her millions as the director of Wayne’s World and The Beverly Hillbillies, but the film-maker would rather be remembered for her riot-causing punk series The Decline of Western Civilization.
She’d rather talk about the rough-edged films she made about social outsiders in the 80's and 90's. Punks and metalheads still revere her for The Decline of Western Civilization, a trio of documentaries about underground music culture in Los Angeles. The first Decline film and the best from our perspective, offers shockingly intimate looks at pioneering punk musicians like X, the Germs, the Circle Jerks and Black Flag. It instigated a riot when it was first screened in Los Angeles, and its legend has only grown after decades without an official DVD release until 2015.
Penelope and her daughter are reportedly shooting a new film in the series but that was 7 years ago and as yet has not disclosed what its subject matter will be?
Lets hope its about the Weirdo's or the Screamers who were strangely not included in the first film and are probably the best 2 punk bands ever to come out of LA!

Background image still from the film.

PENELOPE SPHEERIS