The Filth and the Fury Page #7

Synopsis: A documentary about the punk band The Sex Pistols. The film tries to lighten some of the backgrounds of their way through the punk era while telling the story of the band from zero back to zero. Features lots of interviews and comments of folks who were involved.
Director(s): Julien Temple
Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
  3 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
R
Year:
2000
108 min
501 Views


Imagine that -- Sid signing | a very, very expensive contract,

while his old man's on guard | inside the fence.

It was genius.

According to the story, | after this happy signing ceremony,

everyone went back to | the A&M offices to celebrate.

The four Sex Pistols | apparently overcelebrated,

and lived up to | their public image

of thorough obnoxiousness.

- How are you doing? | - Get away.

When we got to A&M records,

total bedlam broke out there | as well.

I can't remember | what happened,

but the secretaries | were terrified,

and Sid's foot | was bleeding.

I had a black eye, | Malcolm was running around,

Steve was flirting | with all the secretaries,

and then we got in the car, | then went to the studio,

where we were recording "God Save | the Queen" with Chris Thomas,

and there's this school next door, | and all the kids come running out

'cause we were there. | And they called the police as well.

It was just total mad day.

The next day we woke up, | Malcolm said,

"Well, A&M have fired you."

The anti-establishment | Sex Pistols

called in | the establishment press

to protest | what had happened to them.

We feel that we're like | some contagious disease.

When you walk | in and out of a company,

and the guyjust gives you -- | "Look... Take this money

and don't come back."

What are you supposed | to think about that?

Have you had the money?

Yes, they gave us the check | last night.

Makes it very clear | where their heads are at...

Nowhere.

We weren't the nice boys | they thought we were.

We aren't nice boys.

We were f***ing | nasty little bastards.

And we still are.

Virgin Records signed them,

and Johnny Rotten | got to record

his Queen's jubilee | memorial song --

"God Save the Queen."

You don't write | "God Save the Queen"

because you hate | the English race.

You write a song like that | because you love them,

and you're fed up | with them being mistreated.

# God save the Queen #

# The fascist regime #

# They made you a moron #

# Potential H-bomb #

# God save the Queen #

# She ain't no human being #

# There is no future #

# ln England's dreamin' #

# Don't be told | what you want #

# Don't be told | what you need #

# There's no future, | no future #

# No future for you #

# God save the Queen #

# We mean it, man #

# We love our Queen #

# God saves #

# God save the Queen #

# 'Cause tourists are money #

# Our figurehead... #

Shall I be plain? | I wish the bastards dead.

# Oh, God save history #

# God save the mad parade #

# Oh, Lord God have mercy #

# All crimes are paid #

# When there's no future | how can there be sin #

# We're the flowers | in your dustbin #

# We're the poison | in your human machine #

# We're the future -- | your future #

# God save the Queen #

# We mean it, man #

# We love our Queen #

# God saves #

I really don't think what he | was singing about was outrageous.

He's not saying "Let's kill her," | or "Let's f*** her."

He was pointing out | what the truth was.

# God save the Queen #

# We mean it, man #

# There is no future #

# ln England's dreaming #

# No future #

# No future #

# No future for you #

# No future #

# No future #

# No future for me #

Chop off his head, man.

# No future #

# No future #

# No future for you #

# No future #

# No future for you #

It alienated | the entire country.

If they'd have hung us | at traitor's gate,

it would have been applauded | by 56 million.

You can't beat that, man. | That's National Gallery status.

It's raining silver | in "The Sun" this week.

"God Save the Queen"

was the alternative | national anthem.

What we offered to England...

was...

a pivotal point. | We were the maypole

that they danced around.

# Go away, I hate you, | hate you, hate you #

# Go away, I hate you, | far across the sea #

Where better to celebrate | the release of "God Save the Queen"

than down the Thames, | and start playing

outside the Houses | of Parliament?

"God Save the Queen," and | "Anarchy in the UK" on Jubilee Day.

I just wanted out | of the country --

and there was no way out.

Ever get the feeling | you've been trapped?

This is obscene, | the whole thing.

All of this, | it's bullshit.

Well, I've had enough | of your bullshit.

I'm too cold now. | I'm going back downstairs.

I loved it. I was getting | my 20 quid a week,

thinking everything | was great.

I didn't wanna f***ing deal | with the business side of it,

I didn't really question it.

I was McLaren's friend | before the band,

so I trusted McLaren | like a friend.

# Too many problems | why am I here #

# Don't need to be me | 'cause you're all too clear #

# I can see there's something | wrong with you #

# But what do you | expect me to do? #

# At least I gotta know | what I wanna be #

# Don't come to me | if you need pity #

# Are you lonely | you got no one #

# You get your body | in suspension #

# That's no problem #

# Problems #

# Problems | the problem is you #

The reason we're here | is because it's the Sex Pistols.

If it wasn't the Sex Pistols | there'd be no interest in this,

in this... boat tonight.

Look, we've got Richard Branson | looking like "Catweazel."

# They know a doctor | gonna take you away #

# They take you away | and throw away the key #

# They don't want you | and they don't want me #

# You got a problem... #

What happened to Malcolm?

# Problems, problems #

# Problems, problems #

# Problems, problems... #

# Problems... problems... #

# Problems... problems. #

We declared war on england...

without meaning to.

At eight, the Muppets' | "Halfway Down the Stairs,"

at seven, the Alessi Brothers | and "O, Lori,"

at number six, | Emerson, Lake and Palmer

and "Fanfare | for the Common Man,"

at five, The Electric Light | Orchestra, "Phone Line,"

four -- | Stranglers and "Peaches,"

three -- | Queen, "Lover Boy,"

and two, | Eagles, "Hotel California,"

the Sex Pistols' current record | "God Save the Queen"

is at number one | in the Capital Hit Line today.

But the IBA, which administers | the broadcasting act

has advised us that | particularly at this time,

this record is likely | to cause offense

to a number | of our listeners,

and have asked us not to play it | in our normal programming.

"God Save the Queen" | was never number one.

There was no number one | that week.

Whatever we were saying | and doing

really hit a nerve, | a raw nerve.

It was f***ed up.

I still had to bunk | on the subways,

couldn't afford a cab,

and all of that the management | didn't want to deal with.

Completely | from there on in,

walking around | the streets of London

on my own, | was impossible.

I would be attacked | on sight.

You felt like a werewolf | being, like hounded.

Constantly in fear | of your life, really.

"God Save the Queen", | eh, John?

I got a machete blade | ripped down this leg,

and the blade stuck | in my kneecap...

and they couldn't | pull it out,

so I had to like, | walk off with that.

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