Du-beat-e-o

All I have to say is that although I gave this flick a 1 out of 10, I still think everyone interested in unusual films should see it. It's just fun to think about how something this bizarre could get made, let alone distributed. No description could ever depict how utterly awful but fascinating du-beat-E-o is.

It's a great movie, I can't believe other reviewers couldn't see that. It is not for everyone, sure, and maybe you'll find some things offensive in it but it is a punk movie, after all. I don't think you should watch it for Joan Jett only, and the movie is not about her. But Ray Sharkey in the title role, wow, it's one of his best roles, I think. He is totally sleazy and insanely charming, crazy and captivating. The movie itself is extremely fast, violent, messy, nightmarish, funny and clever. Maybe if you expect something conventional, it might be difficult to get into it, but if you can open your mind, you'll feel how attractive it is.

Not only a comedy about a junkie editor who can't finish a documentary on Joan Jett, but ends up being a compilation of old Runaways amateur 16mm filmclips that in itself is worth the price of admission. With the best cast of random punk scene people, that you have to know to appreciate. Really a document of the times.

Well El Duce's "role" was sort of interesting. I was totally annoyed by the barely audible running commentary by him and a couple of his groupies (?) during the film. At one point there's a minute long super-fast mismash-collage of all the scenes in the movie, which was interesting, plus Tex and the Horseheads and Joahanna Whendt were fascinating. Overall, if they had cut out all the footage which was supposed to tie the whole film together and released the old footage of the bands and Joan Jett's performances, this would have been a good half hour well spent. RIP - El Duce

I was in a scene of "We're All Crazy Now" outside the Whiskey A-Go-go when Joan Jett & the rest of the Runaways got out of a car and went into the Whiskey. Artie Johnson (from Laugh-In) was with me and my friend during the scene. It was either 1978 or 1979. I was hoping that scene would be in Du-Best-E-O, but it was not. I got a copy of the movie to watch & it was disappointing.