Who Killed Nancy? Reviews
I can't express how much I love this doc. It was a very nice analysis on the murder, which gets you thinking.
Is more of a documentary about Sid and Nancy's relationship than anything else, but it does indeed raise some interesting and valid concerns about elements of the murder that simply don't add up.
Interesting, but is more about Sid than Nancy, and raises more questions than it answers.
I wasn't really sure what to expect from the film going into it. In the end, there are no definite answers to the question but there are bits of information I'd never heard before which brought up other possibilities other than the standard "Sid did it" response. Based on that, I found it worth watching. There's also some interesting animation throughout.
A suitable documentary making a solid case for those within its target market. Those, however, outside of the niche are unlikely to find any reason to care or wonder.
These comments are missing the point of the film. It's not to solve the mystery or glorify the Sex Pistols. Rather, the film succeeds in showing us an intimate portrait of a misunderstood man who was quickly accused and judged by society. Whether you like it or not, this film will leave you thinking about Sid, Nancy and what those times were like for a couple of punk kids on the streets of New York.
forget about what "they" say. WHO KILLED NANCY? offers more interviews and information providing us with more insight into what transpired in the CHELSEA HOTEL ROOM resulting in Nancy Spungen's untimely death. WHO KILLED NANCY is a 100% when considered with its two "companion films" THE FILTH AND THE FURY and SID AND NANCY as well as the book "AND I DON'T WANT TO LIVE THIS LIFE" . . . however the documentary isn't self-contained enough to entertain anyone not familiar with the details of Sid and Nancy and the sex pistols and punk rock.
Documental interesante para saber un poco más sobre Los Pistols pero la "investigación" sobre los hechos acontecidos...muy floja
I hope there's a good reason for leaving the question mark off the cover Alan, tut tut!!!!!! It's obviously about time we had all the evidence put into film form so big approval there. Clearly he didn't do it, not that I needed the film to know that, but if it convinces just one person of his innocence it was worth it. My only criticism is that there is a little bit of contradiction amongst the character witnesses and not enough information to advise the non-initiated on who to believe. I can't believe some retard has slagged it off because it doesn't have footage of My Way. What a wanker - we've all seen that a thousand times and can access it any time we like and what's more it has sod all to do with anything. If you are one of these people who just judges people like Sid and are not prepared to open your mind, or worse someone who likes him because they think he was a dick and it fits in with your sexist, chavvy, aggressive attitude then don't watch this expecting not to learn something. Love Handsome Dick Manitoba's comparison with John and Yoko - very well said. All the animation is great and it's good to see Glen get some credit for being the friend John wasn't, and in fact dislikes Glen for being. So all in all, not as logical as the books but a better insight. Thank you for finishing off with this x
It was interesting but a little one sided obviously because the interviews were all acquaintances of Sid. Interesting look at punk, but a little bit too much idolization for my taste.
An interesting documentary, with plenty of input, it's certainly backed up from Sid's side and it seems there weren't a lot of people out there who even liked Nancy, so it does come across a little bias.
By the end of this you dont really give a flying toss if Sid did kill Nancy or not they were both a set of useless degenerates.
Hmmmm... the most interesting thing about this docmentary are the interviews, and no more, therefore I rate this a ggenerous 3.5 stars. But honestly, the title WHO KILLED NANCY? is not really fitting, is it?
Has its eye set on being the punk "Biggie and Tupac" - a profitable reopening of an old can of worms. In truth, it's closer (for so many reasons) to "Kurt and Courtney", a tawdry poke through the ashes of an already seedy affair: the death of Nancy Spungen, then-girlfriend of Sid Vicious, in a bathroom of New York's Chelsea Hotel in 1978... The saddest thing is that some of Parker's scepticism concerning the official story may be justified - at the very least, the evidence at the crime scene demanded fuller investigation - but it requires a better vehicle than this tatty film, shot as it is full of holes. Instead of a rigorous laying out of the facts, we get dubious reconstructions (with a half-naked actress cast as Nancy), unattractive pencil animation that resembles the type of Eastern Bloc scribbling that used to crop up on Channel 4 at 3.35 in the morning, footage of Sid and Nancy at their most desperate which nobody really needs to see, and - most unforgivably, given the punk context - a soundtrack of the most turgid pub rock. Parker spends a good deal of the film interviewing himself, which simply doesn't count as investigative journalism. Other than the director and his book sales, just whom does this muckraking benefit?