October 28, 2010
When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010 If you didn’t dig the 1991 Oliver Stone biopic, Tom DiCillo has now made a documentary for you. Or more correctly, he has assembled a bunch of clichéd film clips from the late ’60s, persuaded Johnny Depp to do a banal voiceover, and called it a documentary. Initially, […]
By Metropolis
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010
When You’re Strange: A Film about The Doors: ©2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
If you didn’t dig the 1991 Oliver Stone biopic, Tom DiCillo has now made a documentary for you. Or more correctly, he has assembled a bunch of clichéd film clips from the late ’60s, persuaded Johnny Depp to do a banal voiceover, and called it a documentary. Initially, it’s mildly interesting, as it takes a stab at defining what made The Doors different—jazz drummer, flamenco guitarist, bass organ—but ends up focusing of course on prototypical bad boy rocker Jim Morrison, and, well, ho-hum. How many times do we need to watch this drunk fall down on stage or vamp for the camera? Fans only. Maybe.
