New York Doll... THE MOVIE! opens Nov 4, 2005

[Chicago Democrat]

ok sorry i have no idea where to post this.


THE NEW YORK DOLLS fans will want to see this! FROM SALON THE REVIEW:

http://salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/11/03/btm/index3.html



Greg Whiteley's film "New York Doll," By Andrew O'Hehir

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But this film is not about Johansen's ambiguous voyage from counterculture rock legend to whatever he is now, but rather about Dolls bass player Arthur "Killer" Kane, who dropped out of music not long after the Dolls' 1975 implosion, and wound up in the early 2000s as a Mormon who rides the bus to work at the church's Family History Center in Los Angeles. Kane clearly suffers from various kinds of physical, psychological and perhaps neurological damage the film never discusses, but while his story could be called pathetic it never descends into bathos or kitsch.



I really admire Whiteley's rigorously nonjudgmental handling of the material. He interviews not just Kane's friends from the music world, like Morrissey or Johansen or Blondie drummer Clem Burke, but also his advisors and bishops from the Mormon Church, and all without a hint of condescension. In fact, leaving aside whatever preconceptions or political opinions you may hold about Mormons, it's clear that Kane's spiritual mentors are genuinely thrilled to have a member of a revolutionary proto-punk band in their fold, and want to help him mend the decades-old rift with Johansen and Syl Sylvain (the only other surviving original Doll).

When Morrissey decides to bring these three together for a Dolls reunion concert in London, it seems impossible that A) this damaged, embittered, 60-ish man could get up on a stage and play those songs, or B) that it could possibly be a good experience for anybody to witness or hear. But life, and even reunions of long-defunct bands, can surprise you. Killer Kane and his band rocked the house at the Royal Festival Hall. Those elderly Mormon sisters who worked with him at the Family History Center, the ones who call themselves "Arthur Kane groupies," bubbled over with excitement. Three weeks later, Kane was dead of undiagnosed leukemia. As sad stories go, this is a happy one. (Now playing in New York and Los Angeles. Opens Nov. 4 in Phoenix and Salt Lake City; Nov. 11 in Las Vegas, Ogden, Utah, and Provo, Utah; Nov. 18 in Seattle and Boise, Idaho; and Nov. 23 in Chicago and Dallas, with more cities to follow.)


FILM SITE HERE:


http://www.newyorkdollmovie.com/

[Avalon Sparks]

1. Looks really good -

Thanks for letting us know about this movie.

[Chicago Democrat]

2. It really does! I can hardly wait!

Its SUCKS that independent films are so hard to see! I have to travel like 20 miles!