"I can't discuss what I wrote, why I wrote it, or what I should or shouldn't have written. Frankly, I have no idea." Or, Who Killed Bambi?

A few weeks ago I linked to Roger Ebert's story on his involvement in the early days of Malcolm McLaren's film, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. Well, a couple of days ago, Ebert shared his original screenplay in it's entirety, written for the film in the summer of 1977, on his Chicago Sun Times page. The title of this post comes from his original suggestion for the film title, and his introduction below. He also includes a video clip of some of the involved parties discussing the whole thing. Very, very interesting.

This, for the benefit of future rock historians, is the transscript of a screenplay I wrote in the summer of 1977. It was tailored for the historic punk rock band the Sex Pistols, and was to be directed by Russ Meyer and produced by the impresario Malcolm McLaren. It still carried its original title, "Anarchy in the U.K.," although shortly after I phoned up with a suggested title change, which was accepted: "Who Killed Bambi?" I wrote about this adventure in my blog entry McLaren & Meyer & Rotten & Vicious & me. Discussions with Meyer, McLaren and Rene Daalder led to this draft. All I intend to do here is reprint it. Comments are open, but I can't discuss what I wrote, why I wrote it, or what I should or shouldn't have written. Frankly, I have no idea. Continued here.