Click here to copy URL

What We Do Is Secret

5.3

73

Ratings

Add to lists

where to watch

Original title

What We Do Is Secret

Year

2007

Running time

92 min.

Country

United States

Director

Rodger Grossman

Screenwriter

Rodger Grossman, Michelle Baer Ghaffari

Cast

Music

The Germs

Cinematography

Andrew Huebscher

Producer

Rhino Films, Picture Machine, Red Rover Films. Distributor: Peace Arch Entertainment Group

Genre

Drama. Musical | Biography

Synopsis

A biopic of punk legend Darby Crash and his band, the Germs. The bottle-smashing, chest-slashing antics of Darby Crash and the early ‘80s L.A. punk underground are portrayed in this unconventional biopic.
Over the course of a few short years, Darby Crash and his band, The Germs, terrified Los Angeles’s nightclub owners, provoked their audiences, wrestled with vices, released a landmark album and burned red hot - until burning out. Crash’s 1980 suicide from a heroin overdose assured that The Germs became the stuff of legend, inspiring legions of followers from G.G. Allin to Nirvana. First-time director Rodger Grossman captures their legacy in this unique biopic that mixes dramatized interviews, live performances and vignettes of the artistic and personal struggles between Crash, his band, his boyfriend and his scene. The film owes as much to the sensationalized histories of VH1’s "Behind the Music" as it does to the malevolent vision of L.A. seen in Gregg Araki films like The Doom Generation and Nowhere. A young cast -- including Bijou Phillips as bassist Lorna Doom and “ER”’s Shane West as Crash -- fits well into both modes (while serving as the film’s musical consultant, Germs guitarist Pat Smear actually recruited West to front a brief reunion tour) and conveys the staggering isolation of outsiders who are too dangerous even for outsider culture.

Movie Soulmates' ratings: Register so you can access movie recommendations tailored to your movie taste.
Friends' ratings: Register so you can check out ratings by your friends, family members, and like-minded members of the FA community.

Is the synopsis/plot summary missing? Do you want to report a spoiler, error or omission? Please send us a message.
If you are not a registered user please send us an email to [email protected]

All copyrighted material (movie posters, DVD covers, stills, trailers) and trademarks belong to their respective producers and/or distributors.

For US ratings information please visit: www.mpaa.org www.filmratings.com www.parentalguide.org

User history

What We Do Is Secret

2007

Rodger Grossman

5.3

(73)