Directed by: Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen and Reginald Harkema
Cast: Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Bob Ezrin
This Canadian made
documentary chronicles the life and career of rock legend Alice Cooper, from
his rise to fame, his immense success, his fall from grace due to alcohol and
then drugs, and his rise from the ashes. We hear from Cooper himself, from some
of his early collaborators, from his mom, from his wife and from such other
icons as Iggy Pop and Elton John.
I loved the Jekyll and Hyde imagery used between the chapters of this documentary. It fitted nicely with the dark overtones of Alice Cooper’s stage act. I am a fan, so I loved this film. The subject matter interested me, and I have always found Vincent Furnier (Alice Cooper) to be a smart man worth listening to. The footage unearthed was pretty cool. I also enjoyed that we never saw the modern-day faces of the interviewed people narrating. It did not detract from the flow and from the subject at hand.
The only flaw I can find here is that I would have taken more. For example, I would have loved to hear about the Trash album, that came after his 1986 return from the depths of addiction.
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