This is a great romp from Warhol’s Factory and a pre-Stonewall Greenwhich Village, to the top of Elektra Records and beyond with “the man who almost undoubtedly helped shape whatever music you are listening to right now” [Rolling Stone], the out and proud Danny Fields.
Worth the entry price alone for Iggy Pop’s straight to camera stories, Danny Fields’s hilarious recounting of the night Jim Morrison and Nico met, tales of a record company office boy crush on Henry Rollins and the amazing day Fields signed MC5 + The Stooges… in the same room! Also starring/featuring: The Ramones (of course, where else did the film title come from?), Mx Justin Vivian Bond, the New York Dolls, Lou Reed, John Cameron Mitchell, Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group, Judy Collins, Alice Cooper and more.
“Rock gadfly Danny Fields reminiscences of the 1960’s and 1970’s are pure gold in Brendan Toller’s documentary… Assembly is first-rate, with mix of sterling archival materials and starry talking heads echoing the subject’s gossipy, profane, impudent manner. Several lively animated sequences further diversify the package. The soundtrack, needless to say, is a mix tape dream.” [Variety]
Co-presented by Groovescooter for Queer Screen Film Festival. Book tickets here