Begins with a historical overview of the early art punk and no wave movements that originated in New York City in the 1970s. Through photos, archival performance footage and interviews with seminal bands like Suicide, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, DNA, and Theoretical Girls, the inspirations for and ideologies of those movements are discussed as well as their subsequent influence on early 1980s post-punk bands like Sonic Youth, Swans, and Foetus. The film then jumps forward to... (Full plot summary below)
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Begins with a historical overview of the early art punk and no wave movements that originated in New York City in the 1970s. Through photos, archival performance footage and interviews with seminal bands like Suicide, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, DNA, and Theoretical Girls, the inspirations for and ideologies of those movements are discussed as well as their subsequent influence on early 1980s post-punk bands like Sonic Youth, Swans, and Foetus. The film then jumps forward to 2002 to introduce bands emerging at that time that either claimed some affinity with the early art punk and no wave movements or were depicted as such by the media.
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| OregonianShawn LevyAs it stands, this is little more than a sketchy portrait of two fascinating cultural moments with only geography and 70-ish minutes of celluloid connecting them. |
| BBC.comTom DawsonWritten, photographed, produced, edited, and directed by 26-year-old visual artist S A Crary, Kill Your Idols enjoyably documents the so-called No Wave scene. |
| Empire MagazineDorian LynskeyOstensibly about the ultra-obscure New York art-punk scene of 1977-82, this cleverly edited film is really a meditation on originality and nostalgia. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezThe film's construction isn't groundbreaking but the shrill freakshow of talking heads is revealing, conveying how revolutionary spirits can spread their own form of oppressive bile. |
| New York PostLou LumenickAs Lydia Lunch of Teenage Jesus & the Jerks puts it, "They seem so desperate to be liked, desperate to have their music used in the next car commercial." |
| Film Journal InternationalChris BarsantiDiscordant documentary on New York's "No Wave" art-punk music scene begins in fertile territory but squanders everything with a lengthy and ill-considered comparison to more recent bands. |
| User ReviewJacob GIn bed sick and my 'shark week' just came to town so I'm pissed off and sick at the same/insane time. However just watched this film and enjoyed it..plus LL represents herself well. I've been a fan going back to teenage Jesus and Richard Kern. |
| User ReviewSoraya Rgreat music about the nyc music scene " no wave" i highly recommend it and you will see some familiar faces and for some of us old friends... |
| User ReviewOle VThe best part of this movie was how they kept on making fun of the yeah yeah yeahs. |
| User ReviewJoe SJust one of my favorite movie docs and brought out and even more exciting light on thurston moore. |
