The critics consensus notes: "It's far from a critical assessment of the band's music or its legacy, but When You're Strange gives fans a beautifully filmed, lovingly assembled tribute to the Doors." In France the film, distributed by MK2, was released under its original title and received an excellent reception. On Rotten Tomatoes, When You're Strange holds a 61% approval rating based on 71 critic reviews. Soundtrack Ī film soundtrack entitled When You're Strange: Music from the Motion Picture featuring 14 Doors' songs and Morrison's poetry read by Johnny Depp was released to coincide with the film's release. The film was released on DVD on June 29, 2010.
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PBS showed this film as part of its series American Masters on May 12, 2010. It was released in Canada on April 15, 2010. The film was released in theaters on April 9, 2010, with a soundtrack release on April 6, 2010. The completed film was also shown at the London Film Festival on October 16–18, 2009. It debuted at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Sunday, June 21, 2009. A few months later, DiCillo pronounced the film "just about locked" and announced that there would be a showing of the new "redux" version. Due to the rash of complaints about the narration, Johnny Depp was hired to redub it. It received somewhat favorable reviews from that showing, but the narration (by director DiCillo) was singled out by most viewers as very seriously flawed for its monotonous delivery. The documentary was first screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2009. When the film entered production, The surviving members of the band decided not to get too involved in the project to try to get the right neutral balance that an outsider would try to achieve.
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On Friday nights, downtown is full of soldiers from Fort Carson, some trying to forget what they’ve experienced, others celebrating their homecoming. . . In the last five years, 14 Fort Carson soldiers have been charged or convicted in 13 murders and manslaughters. “Since the start of the Iraq war, this city has experienced an unprecedented murder spree. “Frontline” looks at “the invisible scars of war” and documents the instances of violence and memories haunting the platoon since its return. This is a different take on the story that The New York Times recently featured, about soldiers feeling “warehoused” in a program intended to help those suffering post-traumatic stress disorder. Next week, PBS’s “Frontline” focuses on the Army base near Colorado Springs for its season finale, “The Wounded Platoon,” investigating a string of violent crimes committed by members of a Fort Carson platoon after returning from Iraq. His bandmates repeatedly worried and warned Morrison away from his self-destructive behavior, Depp’s narration notes. The tone doesn’t glamorize the acid trips and blind drunkenness that fueled the Morrison mystique. Directed by Tom DiCillo (“Living in Oblivion”), the film draws on unreleased footage from 1965-71 and interviews with Morrison’s sister and parents. As narrated by Johnny Depp, the film dangles a tease: raising the question of whether Morrison’s death in Paris at age 27 was perhaps faked, noting there have been reported “sightings.”ĭick Wolf, who has given us umpteen hours of the “Law & Order” franchise, is the producer with Peter Jankowski through Wolf Films. And so the film repeatedly employs the visual metaphor of a lit match, bright until extinguished. Mojo Risin” (an anagram of Morrison’s name) believed that you can’t burn out if you’re not on fire. “Jimbo,” his dark alter ego, took over, to the chagrin of drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Krieger and keyboardist Ray Manzarek. Morrison, of course, was the pretty-boy vocalist whose onstage antics were a calling card for the group, until his overindulgence became his downfall. “When You’re Strange” breaks down The Doors – The Denver Post Close Menu