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In Theaters: ‘Date Night,’ ‘After.Life,’ ‘When You’re Strange’

April 9, 2010 5:47 pm

With a weekend like this one, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was deepest darkest January and the studios were dumping their surefire misses on an indifferent public. The key difference is that studios act...

Review: ‘When You’re Strange’ Is Pretty Ordinary

Rodrigo Perez

April 9, 2010 2:16 pm

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While not a sugarcoating hagiography, and more a matter-of-fact, told through the eyes flashback of the band using rare, extemporaneous footage (no new band interviews are utilized), Tom DiCillo's "When You're ...

‘When You’re Strange’ Soundtrack Features Rare Doors Songs And Interviews & Poetry Recited By Johnny Depp

Kevin Jagernauth

March 11, 2010 6:45 pm

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The soundtrack details for "When You're Strange," the Tom DiCillo-directed documentary about Jim Morrison and the Doors that premiered at Sundance 2009, have finally arrived. In addition to the previously repor...

Broken Social Scene Film, Joe Strummer, Doors Documentaries & Spike Jonze’s ‘I’m Here’ Short, Added To SXSW ’10 Line-Up

Rodrigo Perez

February 19, 2010 9:40 pm

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The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival has announced films for its event that runs March 12 – March 20, 2010. Chris Morris’ pitch-black satire "Four Lions" has been chosen as the closing ni...

Doors Doc, ‘When You’re Strange’ Hits Theaters April 9; Soundtrack Arrives March 30

Rodrigo Perez

February 16, 2010 3:18 pm

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"When You're Strange," the Tom DiCillo-directed documentary about Jim Morrison and the Doors that premiered at Sundance 2009, finally has a release date. Narrated by Johnny Depp (after disastrous first screenin...

Woodstock Film Festival To Feature ‘Doors,’ ‘Neil Young Trunk Show,’ ‘Men Who Stare At Goats,’ ‘Youth In Revolt’ & More…

Rodrigo Perez

September 3, 2009 12:59 am

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Should we hit the 10th Annual Woodstock Film Festival again this year?The line-up was decent last year, but we got there late and only saw mediocre fare like the very-meh Zach Galifianakis film, "Visioneers," a...

Are Rock-Music Documentaries A Dying Breed?

Rodrigo Perez

April 22, 2009 9:27 pm

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Classic rock docs like "Don't Look Back"(Dylan), "The Last Waltz"(The Band and friends). "Stop Making Sense" (Talking Heads) and "Woodstock" (Hendrix and tons of dirty hippies) cemented the legitimacy of the mu...

Poster & Trailer: The Doors Documentary, ‘When You’re Strange’

Rodrigo Perez

March 18, 2009 1:01 pm

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Thirty years after the death of Jim Morrison and the subsequent end of the band, The Doors are a testament to the notion that musicians live on through their music long after the curtain closes.Director Tom Dic...

Johnny Depp To Narrate Doors Documentary

Rodrigo Perez

February 9, 2009 2:10 pm

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One thing seemed abundantly clear after Tom DiCillo's Sundance premiere of his Doors documentary, "When You're Strange": the narration sucked.Or at least to discerning, but cranky critic Jeffrey Wells it did. H...

Sundance Doors Doc ‘When You’re Strange’ Needs Work?

Rodrigo Perez

January 16, 2009 8:15 pm

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The ever cranky, but very discerning Jeffrey Wells just saw a "viewing booth*" screening of the new Tom DiCillo's documentary on '60s acid rock group, The Doors, called "When You're Strange" (*on a laptop in a ...

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