New York Doll
by Greg Whiteley
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Actor: Arthur Kane, Bishop Bragg, David Johansen, Nina Antonia, Sylvain SylvainDirector: Greg Whiteley
Brand: Uni
Cinematographer: Roderick A. Santiano
Editor: Greg Whiteley
Editor: Seth Gordon
Producer: Seth Gordon
Producer: Ed Cunningham
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-04
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: First Independent
DVD Reviews of New York Doll
DVD Review: An amazing story!
Summary: 5 Stars
An amazing story about a guy who finally gets a break. You do not have to be a fan of the New York Dolls to watch this and say WOW!New York DollDVD Review: A Real Living Doll
Summary: 4 Stars
The New York Dolls were one of the greatest bands in punk history; but, like a lot of influential bands and greatness, we didn't quite get it until it was all over. Enjoyment of these things comes from not just living their dreams but knowing about the people behind the scenes. How much did we really know about these people? As it turns out, not much. So was the case for the bass player, Arthur "Killer" Kane.
Fame came first for the Dolls, but not fortune. Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan would die in the mid 1990s, but Arthur floundered while David Johansen went on to further fame and fortune as Buster Poindexter and an acting career. Who would have thought that he would have found Jesus - in the Church of Ladder Day Saints no less, and become a Mormon working in one of the church's libraries. The Mormon faith helped him overcome his troubles (bad home life, alcohol, etc.) but he still clung to the past, hoping against hope that somehow he could reunite with the Dolls. Morissey plays a strange role in this, helping him reunite with the surviving Dolls and in fact, getting them back together.
This is a story about hope, about overcoming hardships, finding your passions, and resolution of the past. Arthur had his claim to fame, but he also had a new one in his work in the Mormon church. Eccentric characters make the world go round.
DVD Review: OK but not great
Summary: 3 Stars
I felt I had to write a review to counter all the 5 star reviews. This movie is fine but slow paced. If your considering it because you are a New York Dolls fan, there are some early clips but most have voice overs. The sound from the reunion concert is not that good. There are other NYD DVD's out there.
If you are considering this as a human interest story, Kine comes across as someone sleepwalking through life, stuck in the past, wishing the glory days would return and resenting David J. for his success. Not a hero or even a flawed one. "The Cruise" is a much better portrait of a "beautiful loser".
Die hard NYD fans will want this for their collection, but an average fan will watch it once or twice.
DVD Review: Excellent movie, thought-provoking human story
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading the reviews on Amazon, I couldn't resist getting a copy of this DVD. When my wife and I watched it, it brought tears to our eyes. We were totally suprised at how engaging the movie is, and how sensitively the story is presented. My wife has zero interest in the roots of punk music, but she was sincerely interested in the movie. Really a neat work. DVD Review: Wonderful insightful Don't miss this.
Summary: 5 Stars
Sometimes you come across a movie by accident which you know very little about and are blown away by it.
That is New York Doll.
No one could have written a movie like this and filmed it as fiction. It wouldn't have worked. It would have been too quirky, too bizarre to be believed. A fictional Arthur would be impossible. But because it is real and true and because Arthur talks about his life in the two completely different worlds he has inhabited in his guileless and humble way, you are immediately drawn in.
Punk, fast living, sex, drugs, and rock and roll meets calm devout abstemious Mormonism. Sounds like a movie to pass on doesn't it. But if you do it will be your loss. The movie isn't preachy, it doesn't push either lifestyle it just is what it is. If you don't have an emotional response to this movie regardless of where you fit in lifes spectrum you need to go see a specialist.
This movie is a complete gem. Is the sound always perfect? No. Could it have been shot and cut differently? I guess. Im not really into that stuff so I don't know what I would have done differently. Does this movie work? Absolutely.
I predict it will have a life far into the future as more and more people buy the DVD and show it to their friends. It's addictive. Every so often I have to watch it again.
Description of New York Doll
Arthur Kane of the legendary band the New York Dolls rockets to the top of the glam rock scene. Then with the death of a band member, the group bottoms out and eventually splits up. Arthur disappears from the music scene and in a surprising twist of fate, becomes a Mormon librarian. Years later, Morrissey (of the Smiths) offers Arthur the opportunity to go back into the spotlight and revisit a life he thought was lost forever. New York Doll is a heartfelt story about second chances and an incredible music journey.For a look at a "Killer," New York Doll is a surprisingly tender portrait. But then Arthur "Killer" Kane, bass player for the New York Dolls, was a gentle soul at heart. In his feature film debut, director Greg Whiteley ably explores the dichotomy between the stone-faced rocker with the "killer" bass lines and the mild-mannered librarian at LA's Mormon Family History Center. Kane never had much of a home life, but he loved rock and roll, and found a second family with the Dolls. It was, to say the least, a dysfunctional one. Fame came fast, but money didn't follow, and the band imploded "because of our bad behavior." Kane struggled with alcohol and other problems before finding the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1980s. He turned his life around, but refused to let go of the past. He wanted to get the band back together. Jerry Nolan and Johnny Thunders died in the 1990s, but Kane's dream didn't. "For 30 years I was ignored and told that I was a loser," he states. Whiteley doesn't preach or condescend, but allows Kane to tell his own story, bolstered by comments from friends and associates. As Morrissey, who kick-started the group's 2004 London reunion, explains, "For everybody there's an artist that captures you at just the right time... The Dolls were that for me." Featuring David Johansen, Sylvain Sylvain, Iggy Pop, Chrissie Hynde, and Mick Jones, New York Doll was nominated for the Sundance Grand Jury Prize. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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