When You're Strange

(2010)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 232 votes

Genres: Documentary, Music

Year: 2010

Runtime: 86 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Tom DiCillo

Cast: Джонни Депп, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, Pamela Courson, Janis Joplin, Andy Warhol, Jim Ladd, Джон Фицджералд Кеннеди

Plot

The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists —drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison— made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas.

A chronological look at The Doors, focusing on lead singer, Jim Morrison (1943-1971), from the formation of the band in 1965, it's first gigs, and first album, to Morrison's death, after years of alcohol and drug use. Along the journey, we see archival footage of rehearsals, performances, and private moments including a Miami concert resulting in Morrison's arrest and trial for indecency. His love of the spotlight, his desire to be a poet, and his alcohol-fueled mood swings lead to a back and forth between public and private desires, successes, and failures. The band's music plays throughout.