An ambiguous mix of reality and fiction underlies Gift, the drug-laced eulogy to the punk generation by Perry Farrell and Casey Niccoli.
Farrell, formerly of the band Jane's Addiction, is now with Porno for Pyros; co-director Niccoli is his ex-girlfriend. In Gift, they play a husband-and-wife team whose lives take a walk on the wild side, a destructive ride through rock-and-roll, bad managers and enough Percodan and Darvon to start a pharmacy.
Gift is hard-edged, darkly humorous and unsparing in its view of the downward slide of the L.A. punk scene. It offers a high energy kick, along with some good concert and recording-session footage.
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