“The Whole World is Watching”
Featuring a cast that includes Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, Mike Watt of the legendary hardcore band Minutemen, and Pettibon himself, this deadpan narrative pays dubious homage to the 1960's radical underground. In this crudely rendered home video of a commune of stoned revolutionaries, the cameras are hand-held, the edits in-camera, and the dialogue is wryly on-target. Pettibon's band of outsiders reenacts a countercultural moment defined by rock music, drugs, and ideological paradox — and in so doing, captures their own late-80's West Coast grunge milieu as well.
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Kim Gordon
Bernadine Dohrn
Known for
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Last Days
Thurston Moore
Jeff Jones
Also in
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
Mike Watt
Gabe Nemisch
Also in
Sir Drone
High School Record
Abby Travis
Jane Fonda
Joe Cole
Also in
The Book of Manson
Sir Drone
Michael Hecht
Mark Rudd
David Markey
Allen Ginsberg/Yoko Ono
Also in
Citizen Tania
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
Joey Halsman
Salt Pickle
Raymond Pettibon
Serge Soulberg
Also in
Sir Drone
24 Hour Sunset
Bob Balhatchet
El Kahane
Also in
Escape from Alcatraz
The Woman in Red
Davo Claassen
Wayne Kahane
Also in
Reality 86'd
Lovedolls Superstar
Daniel V. Adams
Catnip Goldbug
Raymond Pettibon Director · David Markey Cinematographer Dave Travis Cinematographer
United States release November 17, 1989 · Produced in United States
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 17, 1989
Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 28, 2008 · Cinema '68
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