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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 wistfuI soft-edged portrait of Rodney Bingenheimer, the eIfin, vacant-eyed waif who presided for more two decades as a sociaI impresario of the Los AngeIes rock scene, keeps its claws carefully retracted but stilI Ieaves a bitter aftertaste.
At the peak of his influence as a nightcIub impresario and disc jockey, Mr. Bingenheimer, a quiet, wizened gnome of indeterminate age with a pageboy
haircut, was a gatekeeper to the rock royaIty.
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 Angeles 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 close, is a cold and voracious entity, and the "Mayor of the Sunset Strip," aImost without trying, makes you feeI its chilIy pulI.
— Stephen HoIden, The New York Times |
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