I bumped into this interesting Doors documentary a few days ago, but I haven't had a chance to watch it yet. I decided to post it quickly because Jim Morrison is getting older as we speak, and I didn't want more time to slip away. Hope it doesn't suck.
From Kris Needs at Record Collector:
As one of the most eulogised bands of all time, any new documentary about The Doors has to boast a new angle on the beach-meeting-to-booze storyline, especially with the band’s own version now looming. This 139-minute opus follows the traditional route with respected writers and three rarely-heard eye-witnesses, the story bolstered by popular newsreel footage and occasional video clips.
The star turns come with session guitarist Marc Benno, who provides a fascinating account of LA Woman’s recording, and former Columbia A&R man Billy James, who signed The Doors for a singles deal but couldn’t find an available producer before it expired (the snatch of demo for a barrelhouse blues called Go Insane is a too-brief highlight). Then there’s Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, a controversial figure in Doors lore, who interviewed Jim for Jazz & Pop magazine in January 1969, became his lover then, as a practicing Celtic pagan witch, “married” him in a handfasting ceremony in June 1970. Patricia, who later played the High Priestess in Oliver Stone’s biopic and published her memoirs, prefers to portray Jim as “civilised, romantic and courteous” during her Conversation With The Lizard Queen extra which, if nothing else, provides a welcome glimpse of the singer’s less-trumpeted sensitive side.
Technical Information:
Title: The Doors: From the Outside
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Director: None credited
Source: DVD5 Retail
DVD Format: NTSC
Container: .iso + mds
Size: 4.33 GB
Length: 2:18:50
Programs used: DVD Decrypter, ImgBurn
Resolution: 720x480
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Video: MPEG2 @ ~3800 kb/s
Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
Audio: English- Dolby AC3 Stereo @ 192 kb/s
Subtitles: None
Menu: Yes
Video: Untouched
DVD Extras:
- Special Feature: Conversation with the Lizard Queen
- Contributor Biographies
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