When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors
Time Out says
Whether you consider Doors singer Jim
Morrison a valued addition to the rock pantheon or a vain,
attention-seeking, pretentious ponce who wrote hippy-drippy poetry in
his spare time, you can’t deny the enigmatic anti-authoritarian Lizard
King cut a charismatic swagger. He had a great voice too. Unlike so many
other rockumentaries about dead stars, Tom
DiCillo’s biography doesn’t lumber itself with voxpops from band
members and friends. Instead, the story is told via a montage of
fascinating and rarely seen archive footage. Meanwhile Johnny Depp
offers one of the most authoritative narratives in years, proving that,
when he’s past acting, he should consider a twilight career in
audiobooks.
By the summer of ’67, The Doors had become one of America’s most beloved and subversive acts. Yet, as this well-crafted film illustrates, the attention always focused on Morrison, his binges and his notorious on-stage outbursts involving drugged-out lunacy, vitriol and indecent exposure. Boy, they don’t make ’em like that any more.
By the summer of ’67, The Doors had become one of America’s most beloved and subversive acts. Yet, as this well-crafted film illustrates, the attention always focused on Morrison, his binges and his notorious on-stage outbursts involving drugged-out lunacy, vitriol and indecent exposure. Boy, they don’t make ’em like that any more.
Details
Release details
Rated:
15
Release date:
Friday July 2 2010
Duration:
86 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Tom DiCillo