This week we are joined by superforce musician, actor, writer & podcaster SEAN NELSON (Harvey Danger, The Wonder Of It All) to discuss one of the most divisive music biopics of all time, Oliver Stone’s THE DOORS. We delve into seeing the film in the theater when it first came out in 1991 and how it was wiped off the culutral map shortly after its release, the divisiveness of The Doors’ music, how this was the peak of Oliver Stone’s power after just winning an oscar, DePalma’s proposed version of the film, the strange casting choices for Jim Morrison before landing on Val Kilmer, how the surviving members of The Doors were split on their support of the film, outgrowing certain types of music, the great 90s indie film boom, how in Stone’s eyes Morrison could do no wrong, how the film is intellectualy lazy but visually majestic, Crispin Glover as Andy Warhol, Val Kilmer going method on the set of the film, Joan Didion in the studio with The Doors, being superstars at the age of 21, Val Kilmer’s butt double, Ed Sullivan impersonators, Stone’s disrespect for Warhol’s Factory, Kevin Dillon’s narc energy in the film and who should have played drummer John Densmore instead, the story behind who played ‘Death’ in the film, Hammer Of The Gods & No One Gets Out Alive being essential teenager reads, how the last line of the film is one of the greatest throw away lines of all time & so much more…

So let’s swim to the moon (or not) on this week’s episode of Revolutions Per Movie!!!

SEAN NELSON:

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Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

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