New Jim Jarmusch Documentary on Iggy Pop & The Stooges Now Streaming Free on Amazon Prime

FYI: Jim Jar­musch’s new doc­u­men­tary Gimme Dan­ger–his “love let­ter” to punk icons Iggy Pop and The Stooges–is steam­ing free right now on Ama­zon Prime. If you have Ama­zon Prime, you can start stream­ing the film here. If you don’t, you can sign up for a 30-day free tri­al, watch the doc, and then decide whether to remain a sub­scriber or not. It’s your call. (Note: they also offer a sim­i­lar deal for audio­books from Audi­ble.)

Hav­ing the watched the film just last week­end, I’ll say this: Gimme Dan­ger is worth the watch. But it just scratch­es the sur­face of what Pop and the Stooges were all about. To go deep­er, I’d rec­om­mend pick­ing up a copy of Please Kill Me: The Uncen­sored Oral His­to­ry of Punk (now released in a 20th anniver­sary edi­tion), which gives you a more com­plete and raw account of the rise and fall of this influ­en­tial band.

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