She made her millions as the director of Wayne’s World and The Beverly Hillbillies,but the film-maker would rather be remembered for her riot-causing punk series The Decline of Western CivilizationPenelope Spheeris’s domestic, near Laurel Canyon in the Hollywood Hills, or doesn’t look like it belongs to a punk icon. Its airy and minimalist,with grey tiled floor and white carpet. We’re sitting on white sofas in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, and three small dogs are running around.
Spheeris bought the place in 1974, and then totally rebuilt it in the 90s with the money she made from directing a string of box-office-friendly comedies. But she’s in no mood to reminisce about the likes of Wayne’s World,The Beverly Hillbillies or small Rascals. “The only movies I could gain released were movies that I basically just sold out on and took the money,” she sighs. “And the only reason they released them was because they had thrown money at it and they had to gain their money back.” Then she apologises for being so “Hollywood-jaded”.
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Source: theguardian.com