Film
Reviews
OCEAN"s TWELVE (12A) 125mm 0.
’fl lit {Wt HI“. 0’ 21’.” [)‘r/ RACING STRIPES (U) 101min 000
/\'. ‘.‘.':tl the WM?) uleeper hrt trprrr [r' r.‘.'r: lJrr'ler, Hat»). the (id/lallt l’rg, thrt. tarrrrl‘r, r prrreri‘, met pp a tarrrr Ill Kerrtrrrl, tr r:r.tr:':ttr:r.:t.
(Lt-rrtrgrl tr; the farrrryarrl arttrprr rs;
.‘J'arrgleé; lm: actrprr arrrrrlalf;
EEtrrpr-x, arr prpharrerl /ehra werrjerl l», lrarrkrr: Mrrrrr/r '.'.rhp':; a<lr>ptetl try .‘.'.rrrrralr<- }()\':kf}\, ()harrrrrrrg rHavrlerr l’arrettrerrer. ()rree Strrper; gets a load ml the l.l<1t:(i()lllf;(,‘ rrext (leer, the (Mk; verrrrg arrrrrral'f; (lesrr‘e t() he a ravehr use putstrrps; ()harrrrrrrg't; trrge te rrrle hrrrr. Hut hetweerr Charrrrrrrg's; ever pmtmtrxe lather l‘arrner Walsh 'Hrlrrte (ireerr‘erxlr arttl ruthless Y.l<il‘tf()lllf‘.(: pwrier Clara Dalryrhple rWervlre Malrek). the odds; are stacked hrgh agarrrtst the Illtlléll twe»
tr:rl(:(l herr, E‘ :
\r/Ull can't. tarrlt trw: ‘::rrr t: ' ‘fr‘. ‘3 : . :1": ‘.‘/l‘./)|(3.‘;(>ll‘r" .arrrt-f. therer "4' r E r v a" ll ‘.‘.rr<)rlg .‘.'rth perr‘f; rlrlferwrfl ’lrr-grrr‘u :» ~«r ~ are a<:hre‘.at,le '.'.*;t‘r‘ haul M. frxrr‘riu ": frrfv- " :f'w' .' : (Z()lllll for (exer'xthzrrg trtrt Hat rig Tr‘--° I'M Nari? Strrpes; larzké. thr restranrrt vrrr ":tr,‘."~l Tm "aim" :w "
serrtrrrrerrt that‘ other krrlts' (i()ll‘f‘:(ll(?f§ ix aeri'a'w star Joe Parrtplrarre pepperf‘. true preeeerlrrrgf; =.‘.rrth a :;erre§; r)? arrtart ()rre-Irher's at; Strrpet‘.‘ tp'.‘ Geese. :vhrle tlret; ()h the wall [Sir/X arrtl Sell/x rSteve Harvey arrrl Daxrrl
Spade) pr‘evrrlt:
gags. DllfStllt Heltrnarr arr<l Wheep. Goldberg’s; p()ta(:erl parental rlrxrlktrr. and goat llltll. however. seeks. A thoroughbred. thr:; arrr't. erles l'relrler» I Genera/ r'e/ease from PM -1 Feh. Rae/mg Str'rpes rs the ()ffrC/(I/ fr/rrr of
Com/(r Re/ref 2(
;et Barre apart Trr r"
.'i trrerrg'
some arrrrrsrrrg tart
)Of).
ems? OAUGHTER (PG) 106mm 0
INTERVIEW .
44 THE LIST 3 7’ ‘ Fet‘
DONE RAMONING
Ramones survivor TOMMY RAMONE reminisces with Miles Fielder about the seminal punk bands celebrated in the rockumentary END OF THE CENTURY.
Tom Erdelyi, AKA Tommy Ramone, last surviving member of the original line-up of the first punk band, says rockumentary End of the Century paints an accurate picture of the Ramones. ‘It shows what it’s like when four very interesting but troubled people get together to form a rock band,’ he says. ‘But a band that’s been together this long and is this complex, it’s hard to capture everything.’
Nevertheless, self-confessed Ramones fans and the film’s makers Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields don’t shy away from the disturbing stuff. From Joey’s crippling emotional problems through Dee Dee’s eventually terminal drug abuse to Johnny’s emergence as fascist bandleader, all the warts are here.
‘They were very talented but very different people,’ says Erdelyi. ‘Joey was a pop idealist. He wrote great songs. He was also good at making friends, great because he was a lonely child. Dee Dee was a romantic. He loved to write. He painted. He was a really creative individual. Dee Dee was very different, sort of childlike but very industrious. Johnny was the taskmaster. He spent a couple of days in military school and that set him up for life. He liked to tell everybody what to do. He was the heart of the band. He was the one who created the ferocity of the music, the hard- driving guitar sound.’
Erdelyi, who traded in his drumsticks for producing duties on the band's records at the end of the 705, says his favourite time as a Ramone - and also part of the film - was the early years. ‘How we got together,’ he says. ‘The first time people saw us. Writing the songs, making the records, doing the shows - those were the most joyous times.
‘Right from the start we were influential,‘ Erdelyi says. ‘What we created was a new idea, that it wasn’t necessarily how virtuostic [sic] you were in your musical playing. It was more the emotion, the sexuality, the impact of it. It was almost like a mission: we had to bring back the essence of rock’n’roll, which had sort of disappeared. It was our duty to rip the roof down.’
From 08683 in New York’s Bowery to the Roundhouse in Camden Town, London, the Ramones did exactly that. And yet they never achieved the fame of bands - the Sex Pistols, the Clash - whose careers they kick-started. ‘There were many reasons,’ says Erdelyi. ‘We were too different; we were ahead of our time. Maybe we were a little scary.’
It’s a subject Erdelyi may elucidate upon when he brings his Ramones musical to Edinburgh in August. ‘l’m the music director,’ he says. ‘lt’s called Gabba Gabba Hey. We premiered it in Australia last August and it was successful. And now we're working on bringing it to the rest of the world. And I’m planning to come to Edinburgh.’
I End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones rs at the Cameo, Ed/hhurgh from Frr 4 Feb. See revrew.
page ~ /.