The Doors - No One Here Gets Out Alive (Tribute to Jim Morrison)

One of the best condensed DVD's you can get if you are a Doors fan

Friends love this. My DVD player is being set up.new damn smart tv do all is a hassle.

In the hour-long Doors documentary NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE (1981), it's nice to see Densmore, Krieger and Manzarek still young. Ray chose to film his comment segments on a beach. Apropos, for he and Jim Morrison, ex-students who attended the same film class, hooked up after meeting on a Southern California beach and the self-conscious poet sang to Manzarek the lyrics of "Moonlight Drive."This moment is immortalized in Oliver Stone's 1991 biopic THE DOORS, a film that often sensatioinalizes the group's history. One example is the infamous Ed Sullivan Show live performance. Stone's version has Morrison boldly lunging toward the camera and emphasizing the word "higher" in the song "Light My Fire." As we see here, that never happened. Twice Jim slipped in the word that the Sullivan gang didn't want, as he stood in partial left profile with eyes closed.So was or wasn't Jim Morrison an "in your face" confrontational sort? That night in New Haven (my home town) when he got maced by a cop backstage, Jim definitely was. Telling the Arena crowd what happened to him was cause for an arrest on grounds of inciting a riot. Morrison afterward tangentially immortalized the bust in "Peace Frog" ("Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven...").The other incident of his public defiance wrecked the group's first national tour. In Miami, as Ray Manzarek describes it, Jim mocked his thrill-seeking fans, warned he was going to show "it" to them. Ray says the singer removed his shirt to cover his groin area, then playfully pulled the shirt away for brief flashes. "Did you see it? Did you see it?" he taunted. Manzarek insists his bandmate never exposed little Jim to the crowd. It was a group hallucination which made them see a crawling kingsnake that wasn't there.Whatever the truth, Jim was arrested again, tried and convicted of public exposure. This was the turning point for Morrison and the Doors. Bingeing on alcohol and drugs and constant partying after gigs wore Morrison out. His poor health was apparent on THE SOFT PARADE-- you can hear it in his voice. By the time L.A. WOMAN was recorded, Jim had ditched the tight leather pants, gained weight and grown a beard. It's suggested that he was trying to change his image. A move to Paris may have been more to escape time in a Florida jail than as a way to gain a lower profile, for even in the "City of Lights" Morrison was pursued by small crowds of fans.Of course there's clips of performances here (both great and awful) and the segment of Coppola's APOCALYPSE NOW (1978) that used "The End" as musical backdrop. For this Doors fan, the hour's best moments are when Robbie, John and Ray speak, for they are Jim Morrison's friends, colaborators and biggest supporters. Expect no answers in this program to the mystery that was Jim. Just enjoy the ride.

Excellent must see documentary, very interesting, definitely would recommend if your a Doors fan

Seen it on VHS rented from Blockbuster impression of his talent love it

As some of the previous reviewers have already stated, there isn't a lot of new material here particularily if you've already read the book `No One Here Gets Out Alive' written by Daniel Sugarman and Jerry Hopkins both of whom appear prominently in this 60 minute documentary/tribute to the Lizard King, Jim Morrison. Be that as it may I still found this DVD an enjoyable watch, especially the performances from the Ed Sullivan Show. I'm certain the hardcore Morrison fans will be disappointed but for those new to the Morrison legend, or the casual fan looking for a companion piece to the book by the same name this is a worthy enough item to add to your DVD collection.My Rating: Nothing definitive here but certainly a good place to start: -3 ½ Stars-.

who dont love the doors im from the 60 great music

its great