Punk Goes Rock and Roll in ‘The Public Image is Rotten’

“To tolerate me for so long is remarkable,” John Lydon joked at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of The Public Image is Rotten, Tabbert Fiiller’s curious ode to Lydon’s post-Sex Pistol’s project, Public Image Ltd (PiL). With unprecedented access to one of the most pointed symbols of punk culture still breathing, the documentary manages to be immensely…