The Screaming Throats
A mediocre Copenhagen punk guitarist turns a humiliating collapse and a fabricated terminal illness into an outrageous bid for fame.
Overview
A punk guitarist's misadventures become his unexpected ticket to fame in a chaotic world.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- grotesque
- sardonic
- cult film night
- punk movie marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Ronni's failed band career unfolds within Copenhagen's death-obsessed late-punk milieu.
After collapsing onstage, Ronni claims to be mortally ill and uses the supposed illness as a route to glory.
Ronni's stomach problem, insecurity, incompetence, and public collapse drive the film's uncomfortable comic register.
Ronni faces an ex-girlfriend, dissatisfied bandmates, a demanding former manager, and professional marginalization.
Films like The Screaming Throats, and why
Repo Man
shared punk subculture setting, irreverent humor, and abrasive outsider protagonist
This Is Spinal Tap
shared music-scene satire, comic self-destruction, and cult sensibility
The Commitments
shared bleakly comic portrait of artistic incompetence and social failure
Movie Details
- Director
- Søren Fauli
- Release Date
- 1993-03-07
- Runtime
- 65 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (8)
Cast
- Kristian Holm Joensen
- Thomas Bo Larsen
- Martin Brygmann
- Søren Pilmark
- Sofie Gråbøl
- Søren Fauli
- Morten Lorentzen
- Lise Ringheim
- Sanne Gottlieb
- Jan Sneum
Common questions
- What is The Screaming Throats about?
- A mediocre Copenhagen punk guitarist turns a humiliating collapse and a fabricated terminal illness into an outrageous bid for fame.
- What is The Screaming Throats like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Screaming Throats as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Screaming Throats violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Screaming Throats as mild.
- Which films are like The Screaming Throats?
- Films with a similar feel include Repo Man, This Is Spinal Tap, and The Commitments.
- How long is The Screaming Throats?
- The Screaming Throats runs 65 minutes.
