Youth (Sub)Culture Films/Documentarys

IdleRich

IdleRich
"Psychomania" - zombie Hells Angels - the scenes where they commit suicide and terrorise the shoppers are genius
Good soundtrack as well. The seven is really nice and pretty rare (and not on the Trunk reissue).

"Saturday Night and Sunday Morning?"
Good film but it's not really about teds as such is it?

A few more: The Leather Boys, The Wild One, Romper Stomper, Stone.....
 

Gavin

booty bass intellectual
All Documentaries

Hip hop - Style Wars

Spelling Bees - Spellbound

On the American side of punk there's Punk:Attitude

Amish youth on rumspringa - Devil's Playground

1980s NYC Transexuals - Paris Is Burning

FTM Crossdressers - Venus Boys

Krump dance - Rize

Evangelicals - Jesus Camp

You might also consider Trekkies, Ringers, and Wordplay for fandom-based subcults (not strictly youth); American Pimp and Salesman for occupation-based subcults (not youth)
 

Slothrop

Tight but Polite
Good film but it's not really about teds as such is it?
I've not actually seen the film, but it's pretty clear in the book that Arthur would be considered a teddy boy - there are loads of references to his wardrobe full of drape jackets and teddy boy suits. I guess it's not about teds in general so much as about one particular person who happens to be a ted, though.
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
"I've not actually seen the film, but it's pretty clear in the book that Arthur would be considered a teddy boy - there are loads of references to his wardrobe full of drape jackets and teddy boy suits. I guess it's not about teds in general so much as about one particular person who happens to be a ted, though."
Yeah, it's that last bit I'm on about really, it's not about a subculture it's just about one guy who might or might not be construed to belong to a particular subculture. I think he may have something approaching a quiff in the film but as far as I can remember neither the film nor the book refer specifically to him belonging to any particular group, listening to any particular music (or any music at all really) or doing any of the things that might tie him into any youth group - except for the clothes references you mention (which admittedly I had forgotten) which link him to the scene in question.

What about any of those films such as Wild Angels, Hells Angels on Wheels, Hells Belles etc I've never seen any of them but they ought to be good from the titles. Those early Jack Nicholson ones set around Haight Ashbury; Psych-Out and The Trip. Also Riot On Sunset Strip, Teenage Rebellion...
 

zhao

there are no accidents
electronica doc - Modulations. surprisingly not bad. def better than all the ones that came after it.

there is a doc about Goa Trance somewhere but i avoided it like the plague.

just saw Dark Days about "the Mole People" (homeless that live in abandoned subway tunnels) of NYC. not that great. story about making of the film was inspirational though.

all those hiphop docs are annoying as fuck. Scratch -- trying to sell you on the idea that hiphop is a legit "art form". corny!

there is one on human beatboxing i'd like to see though.

rize is awesome. i tried to dance like that in clubs a few times and almost fainted after about 3 minutes.

there was that southern rap movie forget what it's called...
 

swears

preppy-kei
just saw Dark Days about "the Mole People" (homeless that live in abandoned subway tunnels) of NYC. not that great. story about making of the film was inspirational though.

Really? I thought it was fascinating. The resourcefulness and effort some of the people featured put into just surviving was more than most people put into a paid career.
 

zhao

there are no accidents
Really? I thought it was fascinating. The resourcefulness and effort some of the people featured put into just surviving was more than most people put into a paid career.

yeah i guess the resourcefulness is pretty great. i remember thinking it'd be fun for a while but then i changed my mind. i mentioned it as more of a joke because you know, it's a *sub* culture...

spun - meth heads

cheech and chong - pot heads
 

empty mirror

remember the jackalope
Punks: Suburbia (the 80's one!)
Punks: Repo Man
Punks: Sid & Nancy

Reggae: The Harder They Come
Metal: Paradise Lost

Graff: Wildstyle

Breakdancing: Breakin'; Breakin II Electric Bugaloo
 

DRMHCP

Well-known member
I can't believe that no-ones mentioned what for all its faults is IMO probably the best of the lot..."Quadrophenia" (Mods obviously).
"Saturday Night Fever" (disco) obviously set in New York but based on an article about youths into Soul in Stevenage, Herts (!) in the mid-70s (believe it or not that's actually true).
Then of course there's that classic 1980's Acid House film "Tonight Let's All Meet At South Mimms Services Near London"...;)
 
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mms

sometimes
downtown 81
the warriors and b4 that the wanderers
easy rider
woodstock
beat street
superfly
any of warhols films
dogtown - good skating docu
riding giants
big wednesday
endless summer
kids
any number of skateboard videos that i used to own - is there an archive of this stuff now?
8 mile
detroit rock city
jasons lyric
the house party films
 
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ripley

Well-known member
Liquid Sky - about heroin addicts, 1980s androgynous fashion kids, and space aliens (okay maybe a bit fictionalized, but awesome anyway)

which makes me think of Requiem for a dream - windows into several subcultures, including junkies, maybe, although it's a bit individualistic

and also that movie about 90s club kid movie Party Monster

but really the greatest 80s subculture movie I can think of is Times Square
http://imdb.com/title/tt0081635/
 

mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
"Punks in Prague" - BBC documentary ('91?) following some naive, slightly over-polite Czech anarcho-punks around, and nazi skinhead bands Orlik and Branik

"Skinheads" - BBC, '82? The one with Combat 84 (this is probably on YouTube somewhere) and the big nightclub ruck

"Meantime" ('83) - one of the bleakest skinhead-related films ever made, by Mike Leigh but don't let that put you off

"Rockers" - best rasta film ever

"Psychomania" - zombie Hells Angels - the scenes where they commit suicide and terrorise the shoppers are genius

have you got that Punks in Prague one martin? Can I get a copy?
 
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