This 30th anniversary restoration of Alex Cox’s Beckettian masterpiece shows how punk camouflaged a lot of undiagnosed dysfunction Related: Sid and Nancy: an intriguing glimpse into a dysfunctional relationship Here is Alex Cox’s Beckettian masterpiece approximately those two prisoners of futility,Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, rereleased in cinemas after 30 years: a welcome corrective to bland punk nostalgia. His film is tremendously acted by Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb with precisely the right absence of sympathy, or although Cox arguably loses his nerve on this score in the film’s dying moments. It is terrifically shot by cinematographer Roger Deakins,who has supervised the restored print. In the 1980s, the London and New York locations hadnt really changed since the 70s, and even the 50s. Continue reading...
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