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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Penelope Spheeris |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1983 |
| MANUFACTURER: | New Concorde Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 736991424890 |
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Customer Reviews of Suburbia
Later Days Me and my sister were in love with Suburbia when we saw it in the mid 80's. We grew up in NY, but we felt for some reason as though we belonged in California. It's great to see Suburbia again after all these years with commentary by director Penelope Spheeris to boot.
Penelope Spheeris used real kids as opposed to seasoned actors. As a result, the movie has a genuine punk rock vibe, although the acting is nothing to write home about. Listening to the director's commentary, one learns the ins and outs of how and why certain aspects of the film occur. She took a lot of events taking place at that time and incorporated them into the script, such as the wild dogs in the beginning of the movie. One thing that I am kinda bummed out about is how she seems to be a bit embarassed by the movie. She almost makes excuses at times. Yes, the scene in which the two men shoot the wild dogs is a bit hard to stomach and we all know that that type of scene would never make it into a movie today. But that is one of the aspects that I love about Suburbia. It's a low budget, honest, straight out of the 80's movie. Penelope Spheeris should be 100% proud of it.
The music and live concert footage is great. D.I. and TSOL, to name a couple, provide a great soundtrack.
I've recommended Suburbia to many people over the past 16+ years and will continue to do so.
#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.
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.
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.