I prefer the atmosphere of a 2009 documentary about this topic, because frankly it "stars" many of the same people just almost a decade later. However, the level of organization is actually helpful to understanding the entire case and incident, along with official police reports and legal documents instead of mere speculation or intuition. I would guess that Sad Vacation owes it's existence to the earlier, lower budget and decidedly more authentically punk Who Killed Nancy? That being said I'm grateful Sad Vacation exists because it does clear up a lot of questions that linger from other sources.
However just be warned that it sacrifices style in favor of a decidedly corporate sheen that is the polar opposite of everything the punk movement stood for (and continues to stand for).
It was also INFURIATING and DISGUSTING to listen to 60 year old Boomers rag on the memory of a mentally ill teenaged girl. Nancy was twenty when she died! She was between the ages of 17-20 when they knew her, she was barely more than a child especially having schizophrenia and behavioral issues, despite her intelligence she was very immature for her age - more like a sixteen year old, really. It's just revolting the level of sexism and the lack of insight some of these characters have in their old age. Obviously you want to excuse them because of their youthful drug use - but truly, the former addicts and all of the women seemed MUCH more affectionate, loving and understanding of Nancy's personality and life decisions. Of course it was the most self-satisfied, snooty, "look at me I'm a normie" old man just tearing Nancy apart, blaming her for Sid's downfall til the last ten minutes of the documentary. Absolutely disgraceful, and I'm glad this person has been exposed for the misogynistic narcissist he is (if he is still living) to the people who know him.
Sid - for all intents and purposes - likely had some sociopathic tendencies, there is more than one story of him killing a cat (one very disturbing and quite shocking) and there are reams and reams of evidence of him blinding people, cutting their faces open, and starting fights relatively unprovoked. I'm not dancing on his grave either, but come on ...how can anyone reach middle age and still be giving him a halo and Nancy the horns. As if.
