This is the May 2024 selection for the
"Best Of Cinema"
film. It definitely belongs to the selection of films, unlike some others
which have been announced for the coming months. I shan't name them now.
Although there are differences in opinion about the quality of the film. I
have a friend who's a big fan of the Doors, so much so that she even visited
Jim Morrison's grave in Paris. A pilgrimage? She told me that the film is
awful because it's so inaccurate. When I hear words like that I'm confused. I
like the music by the Doors, especially their earlier music, but I wouldn't
call myself a fan. My only knowledge of the band's history comes from this
film, so I have no way of knowing how accurate it is. All I can say is that
it's a good film, as far as the story is told.
Even though the film is called "The Doors", it's really a film about Jim
Morrison. The other band members aren't fleshed out, they're just background
figures. The film could just as well have been called "The Rise and Fall of
Jim Morrison". He begins as a charismatic wild boy, and a few years later he's
descended into drugs and alcohol. He makes Mick Jagger look tame in
comparison.
I like the way he's portrayed in the early scenes. I see a lot of myself in
him. He's a lot like I was in my mid teens, 16 to 18. It's difficult to
explain what I mean. I didn't take drugs, but I still had a feeling for
the world that was delirious. It's like I was high without taking drugs. I
always felt that I was a hippy born too late for the hippy era. I often walked
barefoot in the Walsall town centre for no other reason than to be different.
The film takes place in a different era, 1963 to 1971.
Society seems so primitive. The police are always fast to step in when Jim says or does
something offensive. Today people would just tut and look the other way.
I've listed Jennifer Tilly in the credits, but her scene was cut from the
film. You can find it online.
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