Jubilee
At last, those ‘Punk’ movies we all read about in the Sunday papers a couple of years ago are reaching New Zealand. Jubilee opened at Wellington’s Paramount on March 6. Aucklanders first sight of it will be as part of a festival at the Berkeley later in the month. Jubilee is a punk attitude piece in much the same way as Easy Rider was a portrait of hippiedom. Included are music and film from Adam and the Ants, Siouxie and the Banshees, Wayne County and Brian Eno. The film shows Elizabeth I transported by a friendly angel into a nightmare future where law, order, and any recognisable value system
have been abolished. The action centres on allfemale household living out their lives and fantasies against a background of social chaos and random violence.
Surprisingly, the result is a damn good movie. Behind the freakshow surface, the film is packed with strong imagery and ideas you won’t forget in a hurry. Enough, and good enough, music to satisfy the rock audience, and easily enough visual impact for the movie freaks.
Don Mackay
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Rip It Up, Issue 44, 1 March 1981, Page 18
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182Jubilee Rip It Up, Issue 44, 1 March 1981, Page 18
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