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Sid and Nancy
A raw and unnerving depiction of the short, incendiary life and times of Sex Pistols punk rockstar Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
Director: Alex Cox
Overview
A raw and unnerving depiction of the short, incendiary life and times of Sex Pistols punk rockstar Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Cult director Alex Cox focuses on the bizarre and untimely destructive love affair between the two and traces the path of their joint demise through drugs and degradation. Itβs a remarkably successful attempt to catch the spirit of the era, presented here in a new restoration.
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