The Filth and the Fury sees John Lydon and his former bandmates rewriting punk history and attempting to set the record straight, in regards to the greater swindle pulled off by McLaren: namely, his version of the Pistols' story (immortalized on celluloid in 1980's The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle) in which he cast himself as the architect and arch-puppeteer of punk, pulling the strings of his naive proteges Cook, Jones, Matlock, Rotten and Vicious.
Directed by Julien Temple, who also helmed McLaren's original myth-making film project, The Filth frames the tragicomedy of the Pistols with a keen sense of its cultural and historical context.
I thought this documentary was interesting historical musical document of the birth and death of a fleeting disposition in british culture. I thought the piece was long and dragging - with a wide birth trailing through and over the filthy nature of the self destructive band.
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