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the award-winning Tom DiCillo, is the first feature
documentary released on The Doors. Graced by the
narration of Johnny Depp, it carries the audience
through the journeys of vocalist Jim Morrison,
keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger,
and drummer John Densmore. This 90-minute
presentation features never-before-seen rare archival film,
pulled from their inception in 1966 to Morrison s passing in 1971.
These snapshot scenes of the band s history is as much an intimate
experience, as it is revealing.
After being featured at the Sundance, Berlin, Deauville, and San Sebastian Film Festivals, music fans who didn t catch this in
theaters can now relish in this extraordinary documentary. It celebrates the collaborative power of this illustrious rock quartet
and their revolutionary fusion of creativity and thought-provoking rebellion.
{ Rating: 4.0 out of 5 }
Comment: It seems to me that I have seen this documentary before on TV or DVD. It also seems to me it was made to pay the surviving band members some money...as they were broke. And I think the DVD album cover had the surviving band members sitting around a low rent apartment complex pool. Why do I bring this up now? Well this documentary seems very close as to what I remember the DVD that I saw looked like. But make no mistake... I loved this Blu-ray version! It has the most pristine footage of "non pristine media" I have seen about this subject. It was edited with great care. After watching it I was amazed at the truth it tells. The thing that doesn't come through though is the intensity of those times... the amount of damage being done with alcohol and drug abuse in the name of "free love, and mind bending". We lost a lot of great talent at that time, and Jim was just one of them.
