The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead

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The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead

2015

1h 50m

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The history of the British punk band.

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Suzi Feay

Financial Times

Wes Orshoski's punkumentary The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead makes a good stab (key Damned word) at imposing a linear narrative, but their story is just too messed up.

Rated: 5/5

Nov 9, 2018

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Blistering, hilarious, and terrifically neat, neat, neat.

May 17, 2016

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Stephen Dalton

The Hollywood Reporter

Director Wes Orshoski, who previously co-directed a laudatory 2010 profile of Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister, builds a solid case for the band's historic importance in this funny, fast-moving, fan-friendly documentary.

May 17, 2016

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Finally there exists a beautiful top-to-bottom documentary about the incendiary rock 'n' roll band that recorded the first Punk single ("New Rose") in 1976, and went on to keep reinventing themselves five decades over.

Rated: B+

Jun 2, 2018

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

There are a lot of great stories in here, the fruit of long years of partying hard, and they ensure that the film is entertaining, but they also allow it to skim over other subjects.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 26, 2017

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Eric Melin

The Pitch

People who don't even care about the music will likely find [it] compelling.

May 27, 2016

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Audience Member

Aah, I only went to see them once, but they were great

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

Overall an interesting movie for Damned fans, but somewhat awkwardly put together. Production wise, audio jumps and spikes in certain footage and then gets quieter, making you want to cover your ears and then let go quickly. The editing was strangely ordered, the over all story of events was chronological, but then corresponding footage and interviews would jump backwards in time without explanation. Many of the subjects involved aren't properly introduced or lack titles below them and it takes a long time to figure out who is being interviewed and who are being referenced. A lot of the footage feels like it was used to kill time. There are large pointless sections that don't tell the story or entertain. Overall it's worth watching for fans, especially for the captain sensible scenes.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

It seriously pisses me off that so many so-called punks have no idea who they are

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Synopsis

The history of the British punk band.

Director: Wes Orshoski
Producer: Wes Orshoski
Screenwriter: Wes Orshoski
Production Co: Three Count Films
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Runtime: 1h 50m

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