CineBasement 01.2020! Blurred Grooves - WINNER

You asked for it, you’ve got it.

2020;

Both barrels. I get it.

And I’ll be honest in saying that I’m actually wildly surprised at it being unanimous!

On the evening of Saturday, January 25th, CB presents Penelope Spheeris’s unforgettable,

THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION (1981)

Memory: My first viewing of this was around 1988-1989, and I remember being pretty taken aback by it. There’s just something we have completely neglected in regards to the gulf in spirit that was left in the wake of the 1970s that had to give somewhere. Turns out a good amount of it took place here in L.A. From early Rollins to the harrowing garbage fire that was Darby Crash..

Decline, is one hell of a visceral snapshot.

Convene, and munch begins at 6pm.

Film begins at 7ish!