New York Doll
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Movie Reviews of New York Doll
Movie Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
Wonderful doccumentary. It deals with Aurthur 'Killer' Kane who was the bassest of the New York Dolls. It starts off interviewing him in 2004 and keeps going up until the reformation of the Dolls. He talks about some of the problems he had after the Dolls split up and his diffuculty dealing with former bandmates succeeding when he was not getting anywhere with his music carreer. It also shows his life now. He joined the Mormon Church and finally found what he was meant to do with the rest of his life. He works at thier temple in LA helping out where he can. Some of the best interviews are with church members that he works with. You can tell they really care for him and wish him the best. When he finds out about the reunion he is ecstatic but is nervous about the atmosphere conflicting with his moral beliefs and how his former bandmates accept him. They show the performance and alot of the acts that he influenced are interviewed about the importance of the dolls. The only negative thing I can say about this is that alot of the footage is available on the New York Doll reunion dvd. This is a trully special dvd for a very special person.Movie Review: Heartfelt and Moving.
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie in a crowded theater in Hollywood. From the looks of the audience, many were expecting a 'rockumentary'. Personally I didn't know what to expect. I just like to see lots of different kinds of movies, especially documentaries.
When the lights came up, there was hardly a dry eye in the house. But we weren't sad. We were smiling through our tears. Everyone around me had been profoundly affected by what we had seen on the screen. That sounds hokey, but I'm serious. No one got up for a while. It was as if we had to allow the impact of this powerful story sink in before we went on with our lives.
It's not about rock and roll, or religion, or groupies, or the price of fame - although it's about all of these things. It's a story of redemption. It's a story about holding onto a dream while everything else falls apart.
This movie is hilarious in parts and completely heartbreaking in others. Other times, it is a compelling backstage look at celebrity life with cameos by some very famous people. New York Doll can't be categorized, except to say "Go See It".
Movie Review: BEAUTIFUL
Summary: 5 Stars
The New Yorks Dolls are one of the most influentual bands in the history of modern music. They gave birth to the Glam and Punk movements of the 1970's and were the primary fashion influence of the hair bands of the 1980's. Most of my own favorite bands probably would have never existed if the Dolls had not existed first. And honestly, I don't think they ever wrote a bad song.
Anyway, as someone who was born Mormon, but grew up "punk" and now exists somewhere between the two this movie spoke to me on more levels than one. I was afraid it might seem like Mormon propaganda (it does not) or might make fun of Mormonism (it also does not.) It is very honest and I was moved to tears several times.
The extra features on the DVD are must sees and hearing David Johansen sing one of my all-time favorite hymns (Come, Come Ye Saints) was just amazing. Arthur Kane has joined his friends and bandmates beyond the veil but the legacy his band left (and his more quiet works in the service of the church) live on to inspire us.
Movie Review: Well worth the wait!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've waited months to see this film - it never made it to any theater in the South (truly a shame), so I had to wait for the DVD which finally showed up today. I ducked out of work a little early to find out what the articles and message boards have been buzzing about for the past few months.
Wow.
Great movie! I love the Dolls, but Arthur Kane's journey is the real story here. The balance is perfect- just enough background for those who don't know the band, enough for those who don't know the religion, the interpersonal issues, other musicians, etc. The director has painted an objective yet heartfelt picture without overwhelming the viewer in detail.
As Greg Whiteley says in the bonus interview, "this is not a VH-1 Behind The Music". It's a beautiful film about one man's journey through a not-so-easy life.
I'm seldom emotionally moved by a film, but New York Doll left me speechless. I plan to buy copies for friends - it would be a shame to miss this one.
Movie Review: Moving
Summary: 5 Stars
It looks as if this film began its life as some sort of Mormon propoganda. What it ultimately became was a literal Swan Song for original New York Dolls bassist Arthur Kane. Kane had become a bitter drug casualty, resentful of his brief time in the spotlight. His frustration and confusion eventually culminated in a window-dive that he thankfully survived. Then it appears that Kane was reborn, starting a new, humble, self-reflective life in the Mormon church, the relative importance of so-called stardom now in perspective. When the fan-singer Morrissey brings the surviving Dolls together for a "one-off," we are privileged to witness Kane's life full-circle. What a wonderful example of a man at peace Kane is, comfortably deflecting David Johanssen's mocking arrogance, only basking in the cameraderie they share in their music. Suffice it to say that the ending of this beautiful, tragic story could not have been scripted. Like "American Beauty," except real. You have to see it for yourself.