END OF THE CENTURY: THE STORY OF THE RAMONES By Gerald Peary

Directed by Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields, this is a mesmerizing, troubling documentary about the rise and stumble of the legendary three-chord punkers from Forest Hills, New York. They were all called Ramones, but how could any three people be more different than the off-stage unrelated Joey, Johnny, and Dee Dee? The key interviews here are with the fascistic, control-freak Johnny and the drugged-up, tattoo-covered Dee Dee. Just as he agreed to talk, the hippyish Joey went into a hospital for the last time. Soon after being interviewed, Dee Dee OD’d. This is the best record you’ll ever get of the real-person Ramones. At the Cable Car.