The Truth About De-Evolution

This article is about the Devo music video. For the home video release by Devo, see The Complete Truth About De-Evolution.

The Truth About De-Evolution (full title: In the Beginning Was the End: The Truth About De-Evolution) is a 9-minute[1][2] short film written by Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh,[3] for the band Devo, and directed by Chuck Statler.[4] Filmed in May 1976, it contains two separate songs: "Secret Agent Man" and "Jocko Homo". It won First Prize at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 1977, and was routinely screened before Devo live concerts.[5] It is included as an extra on the Criterion Collection's release of Island of Lost Souls (1932).[6] Stills from the film were used for the front and back cover of European releases and the inner sleeve of American releases of Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978).

  1. ^ "The Philosophy & Music of Devo, the Avant-Garde Art Project Dedicated to Revealing the Truth About De-Evolution". Open Culture. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  2. ^ Pyro, Howie (21 October 2014). "Q: Are We Not Men? The origins of DEVO's theory of De-Evolution!". Dangerous Minds. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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  4. ^ Liner notes to Devo, "Mongoloid" b/w "Jocko Homo". Booji Boy Records, 1977, which say "'Jocko Homo' - from the soundtrack of 'In the Beginning Was the End...(the truth about DE-EVOLUTION)' a film by Chuck Statler." (emphasis added)
  5. ^ DEVO - live in Dallas, TX, USA 1979-08-03, retrieved 2022-05-02
  6. ^ "Island of Lost Souls". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2022-05-02.