D.O.A.: A Right of Passage

Though principally a documentary of the Sex Pistols' 1978 American tour (the only one they did with Sid Vicious), Lech Kowalski's early-'80s film D.O.A. also covers the early punk scene as a whole. There is much footage of other early (and mostly British) punk bands, filmed far away from the ...more

Though it's sensationalistic and cinematically sloppy, Lech Kowalski's 90-minute documentary is invaluable at the least for including so much footage of the Sex Pistols on their ill-fated 1978 American tour. It's a tour that was more historic than anyone probably envisioned at the time -- this was, after all, the only time they toured the States with the Sid Vicious lineup, and they'd implode immediately after its finish. Even if neither the camerawork nor the sound are top-notch, you get to see ...more