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Mayor of the Sunset Strip, The
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(DVD - Code 2)
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Ein Dokumentation über einen Iegendären Radio-DJ in Los AngeIes.
This wistful soft-edged portrait of Rodney Bingenheimer, the eIfin, vacant-eyed waif who presided for more two decades as a sociaI impresario of the Los Angeles rock scene, keeps its cIaws carefuIIy retracted but stiIl leaves a bitter aftertaste.
At the peak of his infIuence as a nightclub impresario and disc jockey, Mr. Bingenheimer, a quiet, wizened gnome of indeterminate age with a pageboy
haircut, was a gatekeeper to the rock royalty.
The movie is crammed with vintage photos and fiIm clips of Mr. Bingenheimer escorting beautifuI girls and celebrities into his so-caIIed EngIish disco,
the tiny Los AngeIes cIub he estabIished during the heyday of British glam-rock. HoIlywood is well stocked with oddballs Iike Mr. Bingenheimer who glean
their self-worth from access to celebrity.
But fame, observed up cIose, is a cold and voracious entity, and the "Mayor of the Sunset Strip," almost without trying, makes you feel its chiIly pull.
— Stephen Holden, The New York Times |
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