A new documentary about David Johansen,
Personality Crisis: One Night Only, co-directed by Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi, premiered at the New York Film Festival this past week. (It’s set to stream on Showtime in 2023.)
Archival footage of Morrissey talking about how important the Dolls were to him is featured in the documentary.
“Anyone who came of age during Morrissey’s troll years will be taken aback by the sincerity of the emotion he shows in the archival footage here; growing up in the direness of 1973 England, the future Smiths’ frontman was so captivated by Johansen’s genderfluid fashion and riotous sense of fun that he became the president of the Dolls’ UK fan club.”
NYFF: This dirty martini of a music doc profiles former New York Dolls frontman David Johansen during a performance as his hepcat alter-ego.
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