The Doors: The Secret Writings on The Doors /Joe Viglione

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An MTV special on The Doors, which aired sometime during the summer of 1984. Features interviews with the band members (as well as showing what they were doing at the time) and author Danny Sugerman. Kudos to MTV for letting them do it their way. For the curious, here's the video that Ray was working on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soqI8... This was the only time I remember seeing it on there, so it was a good thing that the VCR was up and running. The quality isn't that bad for being from the '80s, but the tape is starting to show its age (especially during the interview parts with Ray), so we have to deal with things like that. Dedicated to all Doors fans who missed this one, or haven't seen it in years.

DVD No One Here Gets Out Alive Review by Joe Viglione [-] https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/no-one-here-gets-out-alive-the-doors-tribute-to-jim-morrison-video-dvd--mr0002210452

Originally produced in 1981 and released in 1990 on VHS courtesy of Warners, this approximately 60-minute DVD was inspired by Danny Sugarman and Jerry Hopkins' book No One Here Gets Out Alive. With Ben Fong-Torres as script consultant, an appearance by the late Paul Rothchild -- the Doors' longtime producer -- and interviews with Sugarman, Hopkins, and the surviving Doors members (Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, and Robbie Krieger), this is a good overview of highlights of one of America's premier rock bands and the enigmatic figure that was their voice. There are performances from The Smothers Brothers and Ed Sullivan shows, as well as a very cool set of Jim Morrison photo stills over the song "The Changeling," among other delights. The mini film clip of "L.A. Woman" is said to be full-length, but it feels truncated, though that's a minor quibble. The inclusion of footage from Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now for "The End" makes a good impact here -- the Doors translate well to DVD. There's no music to click onto for the "song discography," and at the rate Bright Midnight Records is releasing new/old Doors projects, the list of their previous recordings without an update is a letdown. There are six full chapters to this disc: "Intro," "Starting Out," "Living on the Edge," "The Miami Concert," "From L.A. to Paris," and "End Credits," with a fine outtake of "Touch Me" playing over the credits. The song "The End" is looped for the selection menu to these four "doors" on the root menu. Well put together, the No One Here Gets Out Alive DVD is a good starting point for the casual fan of the Doors. The cool interview in black and white with the voice from the past, Morrison himself, adds that other dimension to this interesting collection of stories and song. https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/no-one-here-gets-out-alive-the-doors-tribute-to-jim-morrison-video-dvd--mr0002210452

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