Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Name: Personality Crisis: One Night Only
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 14, 2023
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 80
Cast: David Johansen

2023

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Showtime Documentary Films | Release Date (Streaming): April 14, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: David Johansen

Summary: From his days leading The New York Dolls to his reinvention as lounge lizard Buster Poindexter, David Johansen is a chameleonic one of a kind performer. Featuring a live performance at Café Carlyle in New York City, where he performs as Poindexter singing the Johansen songbook, along with new and archival interviews, the film is a testamentFrom his days leading The New York Dolls to his reinvention as lounge lizard Buster Poindexter, David Johansen is a chameleonic one of a kind performer. Featuring a live performance at Café Carlyle in New York City, where he performs as Poindexter singing the Johansen songbook, along with new and archival interviews, the film is a testament to a lost New York and a performer who remains as fresh and exciting as ever.… Expand

Director: David Tedeschi and Martin Scorsese

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 120 min

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Matthew Jackson

Apr 17, 2023

Personality Crisis: One Night Only retains the impish mystery surrounding one of rock’s most underrated frontmen while building a beautiful and slightly abstracted portrait of a man in a constant state of transformation. Read full review

The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Apr 14, 2023

Rock ‘n’ roll portraits this vibrant, introspective, and nimble don’t come around very often. Read full review

The Playlist Jason Bailey

Oct 25, 2022

The film’s key asset is Johansen, and “Personality Crisis” pulls off the neat trick of serving as an introduction for us newbies while providing new insights and footage for the fans – the latter primarily in the form of the mellow concert footage. Read full review

John Anderson

Apr 13, 2023

The results leave one thinking of the film’s subject as too delicate for punk, too vulnerable for the Rat Pack, and happy to be the kind of singular phenomenon worthy of Scorsese-ian scrutiny. Read full review

Daniel Fienberg

Apr 13, 2023

It’s a documentary of sterling musical moments and clever connections between culture and the city that all the principals here so clearly adore. Read full review

Lisa Kennedy

Apr 13, 2023

A first-rate raconteur, Johansen — wearing a pompadour, sunglasses and bespoke suit — brings the funk. The storied Café Carlyle delivers the chic. Read full review

The Film Stage Michael Frank

Oct 25, 2022

Johansen is a force despite this film’s flaws, undeniable in both charms and quirks. His talent remains emphatic, and his stage presence is enough for the camera to sit back and appreciate him. Being enigmatic yet accessible, Scorsese and Tedeschi must capture his substantial coolness. They succeed in spades. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Apr 26, 2023

One part concert, one part documentary. One of the reasons Scorsese's documentaries fascinate me is that, even when the research work is not deep as in this case, he manages to really make his subject the center of attention. My knowledge of David Johansen was really scant, because IOne part concert, one part documentary. One of the reasons Scorsese's documentaries fascinate me is that, even when the research work is not deep as in this case, he manages to really make his subject the center of attention. My knowledge of David Johansen was really scant, because I basically only knew him as the lead singer of the New York Dolls, but as soon as it was over, I wanted to know more and I wanted to listen to more of him.
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