When You're STrange

One review on 22 Jan 2022

USA 2009

Running time: 86 mins

When You're STrange

a film about The Doors

Director : Tom DiCillo

Setting: USA

Summary: Documentary about the rise of The Doors

Crew:

Colour: Colour with BW scenes

Sound: Mono

Tech Notes: Mono

Film Category

The 2000s (the noughties)

Synopsis

Concert and documentary archive footage with voiceover interviews and commentary interspersed with scenes from the 1969 film HWY with Morrison poncing around in a car, and also bits from a film about the band (Feast of Friends made by some mates from UCLA film school in 1969.

Reviews

by rogerco on Sat 22nd Jan 2022 Streamed proj @ home

A bit of a mess

Full review

Interesting for the archive footage. The footage lifted from HWY is not given any context and makes no sense at all - not being aware of the film I thought the footage was some random fictional bits added as padding or for effect.

The chronology seems to get a bit mixed up with external events referenced out of sequence and/or out of context.

Film list

USA 2009