Personality Crisis: One Night Only, the Showtime documentary on David Johansen which was co-directed by Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi, made its world premiere at The New York Film Festival, the same venue Scorsese’s Mean Streets debuted in 1973. That was the same year The New York Dolls’ first album came out.
During the Q&a which followed the screening, Scorsese said he would play the Dolls’ music to the actors before shooting scenes in Mean Streets. “I heard this song, ‘Personality Crisis,’ the rhythm and blues roots, the energy of it, the sense of humor, particularly when he sings ‘yeah, yeah, yeah’ and the band answers ‘no, no, no,’ it’s no game, we’re in,” Scorsese remembered from the panel. “I had played it for the guys, and I showed them the album cover and they said ‘what is this?’ It generated the energy of the whole movie.
During the Q&a which followed the screening, Scorsese said he would play the Dolls’ music to the actors before shooting scenes in Mean Streets. “I heard this song, ‘Personality Crisis,’ the rhythm and blues roots, the energy of it, the sense of humor, particularly when he sings ‘yeah, yeah, yeah’ and the band answers ‘no, no, no,’ it’s no game, we’re in,” Scorsese remembered from the panel. “I had played it for the guys, and I showed them the album cover and they said ‘what is this?’ It generated the energy of the whole movie.
- 4/14/2023
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
To mark the release of Women of Twilight on 27th March, we’ve been given Blu-ray copies to give away to 2 winners.
Unmarried nightclub singer Vivianne Bruce (Rene Ray) finds herself alone and pregnant when her lover, Jerry Nolan (Laurence Harvey), is arrested for murder. Desperate for a place to live, she finds a room in a boarding-house run by “Nellie” Alistair (Freda Jackson). An outwardly upstanding woman who provides room-and-board for unmarried mothers Nellie is, in fact, ruthless with an ulterior motive…selling children for adoption.
Initially resentful of having to share a room with Chris Ralston (Lois Maxwell) and her young son, the women soon become friends when Chris intervenes on Vivanne's behalf in an argument with another boarder. Whilst caring for Chris' child when he falls ill, Vivienne turns to Nellie for help but is turned away. Events take a tragic turn and Vivanne confronts Nellie, determined...
Unmarried nightclub singer Vivianne Bruce (Rene Ray) finds herself alone and pregnant when her lover, Jerry Nolan (Laurence Harvey), is arrested for murder. Desperate for a place to live, she finds a room in a boarding-house run by “Nellie” Alistair (Freda Jackson). An outwardly upstanding woman who provides room-and-board for unmarried mothers Nellie is, in fact, ruthless with an ulterior motive…selling children for adoption.
Initially resentful of having to share a room with Chris Ralston (Lois Maxwell) and her young son, the women soon become friends when Chris intervenes on Vivanne's behalf in an argument with another boarder. Whilst caring for Chris' child when he falls ill, Vivienne turns to Nellie for help but is turned away. Events take a tragic turn and Vivanne confronts Nellie, determined...
- 3/20/2023
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Key art for Personality Crisis One Night Only. Photo credit: Courtesy of Showtime. “Vegetarian, gay, straight; I just wanted to bring those walls down and have a party,” proclaims David Johansen, influential ’70s glam punk lead singer of the New York Dolls. For the first time ever, Personality Crisis: One Night Only reveals the many faces of Johansen when it premieres on Showtime on Friday, April 14, at 8 p.m. Et/Pt. From Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, co-director Emmy nominee David Tedeschi (The 50 Year Argument) and executive producers Academy Award(R) winning filmmakers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, present this wildly entertaining portrait, available for streaming and on demand to I’ve known David Johansen for decades, and his music has been a touchstone ever since I listened to the Dolls when I was making Mean Streets,” said Scorsese. “Then and now, David’s music captures the energy and excitement of New York City.
- 3/17/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Showtime has unveiled an April 14th premiere date for their documentary Personality Crisis: One Night Only, on New York Dolls frontman David Johansen, also debuting a trailer for the pic directed by Academy Award winner Martin Scorsese (The Last Waltz) and Emmy nom David Tedeschi (The 50 Year Argument), which you can view above.
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- 3/16/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2021 are in and the list features Jay-Z, Foo Fighters, Mary J. Blige, Iron Maiden, Tina Turner, the Go-Go’s, Rage Against the Machine, Kate Bush, Devo, Chaka Khan, Carole King, Fela Kuti, LL Cool J, New York Dolls, Todd Rundgren, and Dionne Warwick. The top vote-getters will be announced in May and inducted in a Cleveland, Ohio, ceremony in the fall.
To be eligible for this year’s ballot, each nominee’s first single or album had to...
To be eligible for this year’s ballot, each nominee’s first single or album had to...
- 2/10/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
The sad news came down last night that New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain died after a long battle with cancer. “l remember the first time I saw him bop into the rehearsal space/bicycle shop with his carpetbag and guitar straight from the plane after having been deported from Amsterdam,” New York Dolls frontman David Johansen wrote on Instagram after the news broke. “I instantly loved him. I’m gonna miss you old pal. I’ll keep the home fires burning.”
Sylvain’s death is the latest in a...
Sylvain’s death is the latest in a...
- 1/15/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Sylvain Sylvain, songwriter and founding guitarist with punk icons the New York Dolls, died Wednesday following a battle with cancer. He was 69.
Born Sylvain Mizrahi in Cairo, Egypt, a young Sylvain and his family moved to France then settled in New York. It was in the Big Apple where the rocker would join forces with Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan, Arthur Kane and David Johansen to form the New York Dolls, and set the standard for punk rock swagger and style.
A statement at his official Facebook page reads, “As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer for the past ...
Born Sylvain Mizrahi in Cairo, Egypt, a young Sylvain and his family moved to France then settled in New York. It was in the Big Apple where the rocker would join forces with Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan, Arthur Kane and David Johansen to form the New York Dolls, and set the standard for punk rock swagger and style.
A statement at his official Facebook page reads, “As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer for the past ...
- 1/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sylvain Sylvain, songwriter and founding guitarist with punk icons the New York Dolls, died Wednesday following a battle with cancer. He was 69.
Born Sylvain Mizrahi in Cairo, Egypt, a young Sylvain and his family moved to France then settled in New York. It was in the Big Apple where the rocker would join forces with Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan, Arthur Kane and David Johansen to form the New York Dolls, and set the standard for punk rock swagger and style.
A statement at his official Facebook page reads, “As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer for the past ...
Born Sylvain Mizrahi in Cairo, Egypt, a young Sylvain and his family moved to France then settled in New York. It was in the Big Apple where the rocker would join forces with Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan, Arthur Kane and David Johansen to form the New York Dolls, and set the standard for punk rock swagger and style.
A statement at his official Facebook page reads, “As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer for the past ...
- 1/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The “Resurrected” version of New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders’ final solo LP Que Sera Sera — released as part a Record Store Day exclusive — will be reissued once again with additional outtakes and live tracks.
The first disc in the 35th-anniversary three-cd box set boasts the “remixed” version of Thunders’ album, plus two songs left off the album and six outtakes from the album’s studio sessions. The second disc collects 18 live recordings from the era, taken from Thunders’ European tour stops in Geneva, Amsterdam and Lyon, France. The third...
The first disc in the 35th-anniversary three-cd box set boasts the “remixed” version of Thunders’ album, plus two songs left off the album and six outtakes from the album’s studio sessions. The second disc collects 18 live recordings from the era, taken from Thunders’ European tour stops in Geneva, Amsterdam and Lyon, France. The third...
- 7/30/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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