this review may contain spoiler . the decline of western civilization . what a great title eh . and of coarse a great movie . this be the best concert film i have ever see . a close second be the talk head movie stop making sense . i first heard of this movie when wayne world come out in 1992. i look at the director name penelope spheeris and thought cool name and what else have he direct . i think the first name be pronounce like envelope . after some time look in movie guide i come across the critically acclaimed decline and realize penelope be a woman . my mom correct me . i spend 8 year of my life try to track this down . i finally saw it on vhs in vancouver and where i currently reside . it be worth the wait . this capture the la punk movement very well . this be teen angst at it best folk . my favourite be the band the germ who need subtitle for the lyric because darby crash sings so crazy and you can not understand it . i laugh when i saw this . the band black flag live in an abandon church and the band x be a very intelligent bunch . also laugh at the letter some idiot write in to slash magazine about how we do not need to save the whale and there be countless mile of ocean for u to pour toxin in . i become a huge penelope spheeris fan after this and and saw all her punk movie dude be ok and and suburbia be a cult classic . i own both of these on vhs . she be a true underground film maker and i love her stuff . i would have love to have see this movie in 1994 when grunge be so popular . i be a big nirvana fan then and but alas i saw this in 2002 and by that point i have grow out of grunge and now i listen to crystal method or fatboy slim . quite a change of pace and i know and but what can you do . but if you want a true depiction of the punk movement this capture it good than anything . much good than 1991 represent the year punk break . this be a tough movie to track down and but if you get your hand on it and rent it and even if you do not like the music it be an excellent piece of work . now day it might be easy to find with dvd be so popular . by the way penelope produce a little known albert brook movie call real life which i also own . very funny stuff in todays reality tv craptacular . rent decline . highly recommended . thanks .