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Rambling Rose (1991)
Outstanding
I first watched this in the early 90's several times. I was profoundly impressed and affected by the writing and acting in several scenes with Diane Ladd. I wont give it away, but what she said and how she said it to Robert Duvall (her husband) and the Dr. was profound feminism and humanism. And his loyalty and devotion to his wife makes him do the right thing. Should be shown in classes about sexism and projection. Otherwise, generally a good film and fresh. Glad to see it available to buy on Itunes. A must see for the reasons I bring up. I am not sure what I said is a spoiler, so just in case, I said so to be safe.
When You're Strange (2009)
Worth Watching
After seeing Oliver Stone's version several times over the years, I was, at first, not sure this would interest me. It did very much interest me. I was born in 1960 and I grew up in this era. I had the doors albums, but did not ever see them live. I felt this doc had fresh information; especially rare footage and the bands musical background and how they improvised and contributed to the songs and concerts. If you do not know things about Jim, you do not understand his drives to the dessert and his witnessing things die, and what that death meant to him and how fascinated he was and he wrote about it. For those who say there was not music, you are all out of your minds. There was non-stop music. Really? Would be nice to hear an interview? Frankly, as a psychologist and documentarian, none of the interviews would be very valuable, as the press are morons and ask the most inane questions that infuriate me and the musicians. So instead maybe more of his poetry. But I believe they did the best they could with the footage they had, real footage; which I greatly appreciated. I think if you are curious or a fan, this is a must see.