The Filth and the Fury

"The Filth and the Fury" (2000) is Julien Temple's documentary on the Sex Pistols — stream it online on iFILM. Temple had already made a film about the band: "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" (1980) ran on Malcolm McLaren's version of events. This one runs on the band's.

John Lydon, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, and Glen Matlock reconstruct the 18 months that made the group and ended it. Temple layers in rehearsal footage, unseen concert recordings, and a close look at the December 1976 Bill Grundy live TV interview — the moment the Daily Mirror ran the headline that gave this film its name and turned the Pistols into a matter of national concern. Sid Vicious is present only through archive, without the legend-building that usually follows him.

Less a tribute than a forensic account of how the band actually worked and why it collapsed so fast. Stream "The Filth and the Fury" (2000) online on iFILM.