What We Do Is Secret is a punk rock biopic directed by Rodger Grossman based on the seminal 1970s Los Angeles punk band, The Germs, and their lead singer, Darby Crash. Grossman also wrote the screenplay for the film, based on a story by Grossman and one of Darby’s best friends, Michelle Baer Ghaffari (who produced the film).
The film centers on the narrative of The Germs and their lead singer's five-year plan to become a legend. The band’s histor...
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What We Do Is Secret is a punk rock biopic directed by Rodger Grossman based on the seminal 1970s Los Angeles punk band, The Germs, and their lead singer, Darby Crash. Grossman also wrote the screenplay for the film, based on a story by Grossman and one of Darby’s best friends, Michelle Baer Ghaffari (who produced the film).
The film centers on the narrative of The Germs and their lead singer's five-year plan to become a legend. The band’s history culminates in Crash’s tragic planned suicide, which was overshadowed in the media by the assassination of John Lennon.
After almost a decade of production beset by changes in production staff and adjustments in casting, filmmakers Grossman and Ghaffari created an original story that echoes the feel of the late 1970s Los Angeles punk rock scene and uncovers the untamed life of lead singer Darby Crash. Grossman admitted that the extended process was actually a blessing in disguise; it provided him the chance to conduct “thousands of hours of...
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