The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (1998) on Netflix
R19981h 26mDocumentaryMusic
Los Angeles in the late 1990s, where teenagers without homes live as gutter punks, embracing music, drugs and the rejection of authority. Some of them speak on camera about their lives.
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Gutter punks in Los Angeles are teenagers without homes who live on the street or squat in abandoned buildings, treating the anti-establishment message of punk with seriousness and tuning out society. The teenagers interviewed include young people who go by the names Why-Me?, Hamburger, Troll and Eyeball. A Los Angeles police officer and a young man who is paralyzed and lives on disability benefits are also interviewed. Musicians from the punk scene appear, and four bands perform: Final Conflict, Litmus Green, Naked Aggression and The Resistance. Shooting took place in Los Angeles between July 1996 and August 1997.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (1998)
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- The Decline of Western Civilization Part III never went into general release and was not on VHS or DVD until a 2015 box set of all three films, partly because director Penelope Spheeris refused to relinquish the rights to the first two parts to get the third released.
- Penelope Spheeris credited the 1998 film with profoundly affecting her: she began a relationship with a man she met while filming it, signed up to be a foster parent, and eventually fostered five children.
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