Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
I'm a Ramones fan but this isn't really about the Ramones. It's about DeeDee's heroin addiction and his ambivalence about Johnny Thunders. I think he hated seeing reflection of his...
Lech Kowalski
Filmography
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Drill Baby Drill
In the ecologically pristine area known as the Lungs of Poland, inhabitants discover that Chevron (the fourth largest energy company in the world) plans to build a shale gas well in their village. The Polish authorities along with Chevron hope to hit the shale gas jackpot. At...Watch Movie
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Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
Lech Kowalski's documentary feature is about the life and times of Ramones bassist and all-star burn out, Dee Dee Ramone (1952-2002). Dee Dee's life is a fascinating character study of a punk rock legend who never grew up. Listen to Dee Dee's account with director Lech...Watch Movie
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The Boot Factory
In a factory bunker on the outskirts of Krakow, a group of punk outsiders live by their own rules, bobbing their heads to the sound of their favorite bands while hand stitching leather boots labeled "hand stitched in Poland." The crisp charcoal-like images are framed and...Watch Movie
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Rock Soup
It's the summer of 1989 in New York's Lower East Side. Homeless people have turned Tompkins Square Park into a tent city. On a nearby corner lot deeper in Alphabet City, where punk became famous and Allen Ginsburg wrote much of his poetry, a bunch of people try to make a soup kitchen work. They...Watch Movie
Genres
- Avant-garde / City Symphony
- Documentary / Art / Performing Arts / Music
- Documentary / Biography
- Documentary / Commerce
- Documentary / Environment
- Documentary / Political
- Documentary / Process / Cinéma-vérité
- Documentary / Social Issues
- Independent / Documentary
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / European / Polish
- Music / Rockumentary / Popular Music
Recent Reviews
Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
Weird stuff. If this guy's IQ was significantly lower he'd basically qualify for having a disability. I don't mean that as an insult. I didn't know that much about the...
Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
yes very raw, but that's what they were all about really
Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
Crazy ramble. One long story. All about Johnny Thunders and heroin. Dee Dee is self-obsessed and self-righteous and self-deprecating. You want to smack the guy and tell him to knock...
Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
Terribly sad and raw. Incredible account of the lovable, legendary punk rock star,s last year alive.