John Lydon appearing at NYC screenings of PiL doc 'The Public Image is Rotten'
Public Image Ltd are celebrating their 40th anniversary with “The Public Image is Rotten,” which is a box set, a tour, and a documentary. Here’s the synopsis for the film:
“Anger is an energy!” When you’ve already shaken the British music industry and the culture as a whole to its very core, what do you do for a second act? If you’re John Lydon, formerly Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, you put together an exciting new group and fly straight in the face of expectation. The revealing new documentary The Public Image Is Rotten charts the unpredictable, sometimes frightening trajectory of Public Image, Ltd. through little-seen footage and candid, immensely entertaining interviews with Lydon. As crucial a story of recent popular music as it gets.
You can watch the trailer below, and the documentary is making its way around the world at select screenings now. It hits NYC’s Metrograph Theater from September 13 – 20 and John Lydon will be on hand to introduce the Thursday, 9/13 10:15 PM screening, and on 10/14 he’ll take part in a Q&A following the 7 PM screening, and will introduce the 10 PM screening. Tickets are on sale.
Meanwhile, PiL’s “The Public Image is Rotten” tour hits the NYC area for shows at NJ’s Asbury Lanes on October 13 and Brooklyn Steel on October 15 (tickets).
The Public Image is Rotten – 2018 Screening Dates
September 7 & 8 | Event Cinema Theaters | Marion, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Event Cinema Theaters | Inaloo, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Event Cinema Theaters | George Street, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Event Cinema Theaters | Macquarie, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Event Cinema Theaters | Chermside, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Event Cinema Theaters | Indooroopilly, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Event Cinema Theaters | Burwood, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Event Cinema Theaters | Castle Hill, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Event Cinema Theaters | Bondi, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Event Cinema Theaters | Pacific Fair, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Event Cinema Theaters | Campbeltown, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Event Cinema Theaters | Tuggerah, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Event Cinema Theaters | Myer Centre, Australia
September 7 & 8 | GU Film House | Glenelg, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Greater Union | Shellharbour, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Greater Union | Cronulla, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Greater Union | Capital Manuka, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Greater Union | Newcastle, Australia
September 7 & 8 | Birch, Carroll & Coyle | Darwin Casuarina, Australia
September 13-20 | Metrograph | New York, New York
September 20 | The Poly | Falmouth, England
September 20, 23 + October 3 | The Regent Theatre | Arlington, Massachusetts
September 22 | Cinema Arts Center | Huntington, New York
September 29 | The Horizons Cinema | Wrocław, Poland
October 6 | Kino Muranów | Warsaw, Poland
October 7, 21 & 27 | Alamo Drafthouse Ritz | Austin, Texas
October 14 | The Showroom | Asbury Park, New Jersey
October 17 | Landmark Mayan Theatre | Denver, Colorado
October 17 | Landmark Kendall Square | Cambridge, Massachusetts
October 21 | Music Box Theatre | Chicago, Illinois
October 22, 23, 28, 29 | Guild Theatre | Albuquerque, New Mexico
October 23 | Tivoli | Kansas City, Missouri
October 24 | Gateway Film Center | Columbus, Ohio
October 25 | O Cinema Wynwood | Miami, Florida
October 29 | Landmark E Street Cinema | Washington D.C.
October 29 | Landmark Midtown Art Cinema | Atlanta, Georgia
October 29 | Landmark Ritz Five | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 2-8 | Alamo Drafthouse New Mission | San Francisco, California
November 19 | O Cinema Wynwood | Miami, Florida
November 19 | The Enzian Theater | Orlando, Florida
December 3 | The State Theatre | State College, Pennsylvania
