MFAH Film Series – Julien Temple: Never Mind the Baubles: Xmas 77 with the Sex Pistols

Groundbreaking British filmmaker Julien Temple visits the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston to present and discuss highlights from his remarkable filmography.

After directing pioneering music videos for the Sex Pistols in the late 1970s, Temple created iconic videos for David Bowie, Culture Club, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, the Kinks, Sade, and many others.

He has also directed music documentaries (from 1979’s The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle to the 2015 South by Southwest award winner The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson) and feature films, including Absolute Beginners and Earth Girls Are Easy.

Complementing Temple’s visit is a selection of British punk-era collages by English artist Jamie Reid, on view outside Brown Auditorium Theater.

Thursday night’s schedule features the Sex Pistols with The Filth and the Fury plus a rare TV special, and Friday focuses on David Bowie with Absolute Beginners and a 20-minute version of the “Jazzin’ for Blue Jean” music video. The program concludes on Saturday with Earth Girls Are Easy.

Never Mind the Baubles: Xmas ’77 with the Sex Pistols

Directed by Julien Temple
1977
UK
60 minutes

Looking back to Christmas 1977 with an irreverent portrait of the times, featuring unseen footage of the Sex Pistols. Julien Temple presents a unique insight into the tradition and transgression of Christmas.

Featuring interviews and 1970s archival footage framing the Sex Pistols’ last UK concert with Sid Vicious, for the children of striking firemen in Huddersfield on Christmas Day 1977. —BBC

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