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Someone on YouTube was nice enough to divide The Decline of Western Civilization: Part III into nine 10 minute long clips for all to enjoy. You won’t have to wait 10 years like I did, literally. Just like the original Decline (1981), this movie goes back to the LA punk scene, this time in the mid ’90s, and documents the lives of a handful of homeless street punks/squatters living on the streets of Hollywood. The second Decline, called The Metal Years, documented the mid ’80s hair metal trend in LA.
I first heard of the third Decline movie through a small Rolling Stone article around the time it was released in 1998, but it was never distributed. Only film critics and a few lucky people at various film festivals ever got a chance to see it until recently, when director Penelope Spheeris sold a limited amount of VHS copies on the official Decline website. Unfortunately, I wasn’t on top of things and got wind of it too late so I was still left waiting. Thankfully, someone on YouTube was more on the ball and got him(or her)self a copy and posted it for the rest of us to enjoy.
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIvIY3daYwQ
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzmLt6Y5Vtw
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTwDjjcZz1M
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxWxnwZ1ho8
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=993uQSzomKw
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dku47xcB0v0
Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9_9xNqvxks
Part 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkb8O8XKRV8
Part 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El3X2FYbzAk
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