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Summary: Depressing, provocative, mesmerizing.
Review: I saw this movie for the first time when I was but a lad of 14. It made quite an impression, and I have been a Gary Oldman fan ever since. If you too find him to be one of the finest actors of our time, then you too should see this incredible debut performance. He plays Sid Vicious so well, it's hard to picture the real Sid Vicious dead. The movie follows the fateful punk rocker from the beginnings of the Sex Pistols, through his lack luster solo career, and to the eventual deaths of both Nancy Spungen, and himself. Throughout, the bizarre, and self-destructive relationship threatens to rip the whole story apart. Webb does an awesome job playing Nancy Spungen, and is at times so bloody annoying you wouldn't mind stabbing her to death in some seedy hotel room in NYC either. This movie is quite draining though, as it's long, and as I've said, depressing. But the writing, directing, and acting are all superb. For all of you out there who want to know more of the story, you should check out a book called "And I don't want to live this life." It was written by Deborah Spungen (Nancy Spungens mom), and it chronicles Nancy's' turbulent life from beginning to end. A good read.
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Summary: a disturbing film but it has an important message
Review: This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD version of the film. This movie while distrubing has an important message. This film shows the devastating effects of heroin abuse in graphic detail.
We see the couple lying in bed high on heroin, completely oblivious to the danger of the fire that they started in their apartment. We see them become severly depressed and suicidal. As a Christian I find a message like this important to a film. With regards to the graphic detail of the troubles one can liken it to the depiction of the crucifixion in "The Passion of the Christ" or the graphic depiction of radiation poisoning in the anti-war film "The day after" While some scenes I found unnecessary for the depiction, it is clear they wanted to appeal to a broader audience. This film may offend many audiences and is certainly not for children. The Criterion DVD has many extras including a phone interview with Sid. It also has the the infamous TV interview by Bill Grundy which led to thousands of complaints and ruined his career. It also has 2 short films and an audio commentary track which is also good.
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Summary: Good Thing Sid Passed Away
Review: The best part of the film is when Sid V. overdoses on smack. Next.........you can give a thumbs up to his Mum for buying the horse that put Sid six feet under ground. I wish my mother gave me cool gifts like that. Bonus! Lastly, you get to see Courtney Love play a $1.00 tramp, which is not a stretch for her.
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Summary: Brilliant, sad, and disturbing...
Review: God, What a movie. The story of Sid and nancy was not only pitiful, but strangely romantic. This was not easy to watch- it was disturbing and really sad, but undeniably brilliant. I would recommend it.
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Summary: Life and death.....London and New York - Sid and Nancy
Review: Alex Cox is responsible for at least two films in my collection - Repo Man and Sid and Nancy.This disc tells the story of Sid Vicious and Nacy Spungen and is indeed a tragedy,no one gets out alive.This film is as powerful an experience as you can have....I still to this day don`t watch it too often - it drains me and makes me very sad.In other words it is a great film.Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb play the doomed lovers caught in the web of drug addiction,making their last stand at the infamous Chelsea Hotel.
With a keen eye for detail of Sid and Nancy,the Sex Pistols and the late 70`s punk scene,Alex Cox explores the depths that love can take you to....and the ultimate price that these people paid.You can say you don`t want to care for these people but Mr.Cox forces you to look at them as human beings - turn out the lights and check this film out.By the end you will be drained...and thats not such a bad thing.You can always fill back up with a Disney movie !!!
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Summary: The Brilliance of Alex Cox
Review: Where did Alex Cox go? This brilliant, satirical director just got swallowed up in the shift of cinematic tastes. Of the three movies I've seen of his (the other two being Repo Man and Straight to Hell) This is his most poetic and gentle. It is a harrowing look at drug addicition and the struggles of young love. The ultimate question it leaves is potent and strikes home with a raging fist: Without the heroin would Sid and Nancy have lived happily ever after? I guess it's a question that cannot be answered, but the movie shows their love and passion for each other in spite of the turbulence both of their lives had to endure. This is powerful storytelling. Gary Oldman is fantastic as Sid Viscious, the ill-fated bassist of The Sex Pistols. Chloe Webb is amazing as his drug-addled wife Nancy. You can see the definite protective nature of each other throughout the film. They truly loved each other, but it was the poor choices they made that ultimately destroyed them. This is a tear-jerker, people. I highly recommend this movie to film buffs and romantics. This is Alex Cox's most brutal statement. Please, Mr. Cox, come back! We need this man's artistic vision in the film world once again. He is truly a guerilla of the motion picture industry.
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Summary: Anarchy in the Sid Vicious
Review: Wow, now that is what I call a shocking film. Sid & Nancy is not so gory or grotesque as it makes you turn your head sideway. Yet through their outrageous dialogue, disturbing actions and the gut to document the most vicious lifestyle in such colorful details and tribute to reality, the movie gives viewers cold shudders like never before. I won't leak much of the film story-wise. What I would is that Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb reenacted Sid & Nancy to near perfection. They make audience really feel their passion and pain towards each other. Criterion Collection did an amazing job in releasing this powerful documentary film with invaluable extras. It's long out-of-print and it could be quite pricey, but it well worths it. Afterall it's just like Sid said, "What do you do with money, for instance? I can think of one thing to do with money. One thing. That' s what I do with all my money. Every half-penny of it." :)
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Summary: The chemistry between Sid and Nancy--captured on film.
Review: Alex Cox's film "Sid and Nancy" is the story of the relationship between Punk Rocker Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) from the Sex Pistols and girlfriend, Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb). Sid was the notorious bass player for the Sex Pistols when he met Nancy at the flat of a mutual friend. When singer Johnny Rotten brushes off Nancy's attempts to attach herself, she moves onto Sid. From that moment on, the two clung together. Sid, who was already an avid drug user, quickly joined Nancy in her heroin use. The film focuses on the relationship between Sid and Nancy, and Sid's life as a Sex Pistol serves as a backdrop. For example, the infamous Thames trip and the debacle of the American tour are included here. Fans will also recognize scenes from the documentary "The Filth and the Fury" as well as the film "The Great Rock and Roll Swindle." Malcolm McLaren is shown enjoying the antics of the Pistols with almost malicious delight, and his attempts to control the mayhem prove futile as the band moves towards inevitable entropy. As the band falls apart, so do Sid and Nancy, and the film follows the steady, glorious disintegration of Sid and Nancy as their drug use spirals out of control. There are several 'versions' of some of the events that took place within both Sex Pistols and also in Sid's life with Nancy. This film is an attempt to portray the events, and Cox uses touches of surrealism at crucial moments. Visually, the film is stunning--not beautiful--but a record of disintegration and physical and mental decay. My favourite film scene EVER is the scene in which Sid and Nancy kiss as rubbish falls around them in slow motion. Perhaps Sid and Nancy were the original co-dependents, but they really did seem to have a bond that went beyond drugs. Gary Oldman has proved himself to be a fine character actor, and in "Sid and Nancy" he plays Sid with all the sides to his character that we are told Sid possessed. Sid, according to some was a brutal menace, but to others, he was tender and vunerable. Oldman, under Cox's direction gives us all the facets of Sid's personality--including manic surges of energy and depleted zombie behaviour following drug binges. Chloe Webb as Nancy Spungen is great as the troubled, pleading, empty soul who latches onto Sid and won't let go. The film also has a terrific soundtrack, "Love Kills." "Sid and Nancy" is on my top ten film list, and it remains my favourite non-foreign film. For further reading, I can recommend "And I Don't Want to Live This Life," by Nancy's mother, Deborah Spungen, and "Sid Vicious"--a truly inspired biography by Malcolm Butt--displacedhuman
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Summary: Anarchy in the Sid Vicious
Review: Wow, now that is what I call a shocking film. Sid & Nancy is not so gory or grotesque as it makes you turn your head sideway. Yet through their outrageous dialogue, disturbing actions and the gut to document the most vicious lifestyle in such colorful details and tribute to reality, the movie gives viewers cold shudders like never before. I won't leak much of the film story-wise. What I would is that Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb reenacted Sid & Nancy to near perfection. They make audience really feel their passion and pain towards each other. Criterion Collection did an amazing job in releasing this powerful documentary film with invaluable extras. It's long out-of-print and it could be quite pricey, but it well worths it. Afterall it's just like Sid said, "What do you do with money, for instance? I can think of one thing to do with money. One thing. That' s what I do with all my money. Every half-penny of it." :)
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Summary: mind blowing!!!
Review: The tragic brutal love story of the "sex pistols" base player Sid Vicious and his American girlfriend Nancy Spungen. These performances are amazing. Gary Oldmen should have won an Oscar. This movie should have been nominated at least. I'd rather have this win best picture than "platoon". This is a depressing dark story, which could be funny at times. I'm not really a big "Sex Pistols" fan but this movie I still say this is one of the greatest movie of all time. I'm not saying it is but one of. This movie will get you interested in "Sex Pistols". Gary Oldmen and Chloe Webb are amazing in this film. They each should have won an Oscar, because this movie is just amazing showing Love Kills. The movie is really great which sometimes could make you cry. Not that I did you know but you know somebody. The thing that sucks is the Criterion Collection is out of print. Then you have to get it on ebay for 50 bucks I mean c'mon. If you haven't seen this, even if you aren't not a big "Sex Pistols" fan, you will love this film.
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