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The Decline of Western Civilization

1981 · 100 min · Director: Penelope Spheeris ★ IMDb 7.5 · 5,847 ratings

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The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.

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The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Awe 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Excitement
25%Awe
20%Humor
  1. Excitement30%
  2. Awe25%
  3. Humor20%
  4. Empathy15%
  5. Sadness10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Awe, Humor. Genres: Documentary, Music. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Awe and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Disturbing
  • Humor

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Curiosity
Disturbing
Humor
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 78 %, then dips around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityDisturbingHumor
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity50 %45 %33 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity51 %49 %30 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity55 %54 %23 %36 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Curiosity60 %53 %34 %35 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Disturbing61 %50 %51 %28 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Curiosity56 %46 %50 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Disturbing53 %43 %40 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Humor53 %46 %31 %38 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Curiosity53 %46 %35 %38 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Disturbing51 %43 %39 %30 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Curiosity49 %45 %25 %36 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Humor50 %43 %24 %35 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Disturbing55 %38 %38 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Tension57 %35 %41 %16 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Disturbing63 %35 %50 %14 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Disturbing64 %41 %56 %13 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Curiosity53 %44 %40 %23 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Curiosity49 %39 %30 %31 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Excitement55 %28 %38 %34 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Humor58 %20 %43 %37 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

ET
Eugene Tatu

AB
Alice Bag

CB
Claude Bessy

DC
Dinah Cancer

EC
Exene Cervenka

LD
Lorna Doom

DC
Darby Crash

DB
Don Bolles

PC
Philo Cramer

JD
John Doe

John Doe

Self

LV
Lee Ving

Self

GG
Greg Ginn

Self

CD
Chuck Dukowski

Self

RR
Ron Reyes

Self

PS
Pat Smear

Self

GH
Greg Hetson

Self

KM
Keith Morris

Self

NP
Nicole Panter

Self

PS
Penelope Spheeris

Self

DB
D.J. Bonebrake

Self

Details

Directed by
Penelope Spheeris
Type
Movies
Released
1981
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 5,847 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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