End of the century

The documentary film festival is now over. I went to see Ramones: End of the Century on Wednesday. What a good film.

The two hours flew by. It features some excellent interviews mixed with performance footage. Also, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder is credited. He shot some super 8 film with The Ramones in South America. And according to co-director Michael Gramaglia, who spoke after the film, Vedder will be a featured commentator on the DVD release that is scheduled for next spring.

The star of the film has to be Dee Dee. The filmmakers did two extensive interviews with him and everything he said was funny in his own naive way. At the other end of the spectrum was Johnny who seemed to be a miserable person his whole life. Dee Dee said that Johnny was the adult of the group, to make his point he said that Johnny would buy hamburger and potatoes and cook himself dinner while Dee Dee would eat hash and some chips. Joey was already sick when they started filming but they found an older interview with him that they used. Tommy, Marky, Richie and CJ are also in the film.

The documentary is limited release but if plays anywhere near you it is well worth a trip to see it on the big screen.