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Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Follow musician David Johansen's luminous set at Café Carlyle from January 2020. A concert that is wonderfully intimate and a testament to both a lost New York and an artist who remains as fresh and exciting as ever.

Director

Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi

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Genre

documentary, biography, music

Box Office

N/A

Production

Sikelia Productions,Imagine Documentaries,Showtime Documentary Films,Imagine Entertainment

Awards

1 nomination

Homepage

https://www.sho.com/titles/3496519/personality-crisis-one-night-only

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Richard Hammond

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Charlotte Moorman

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Charlie Musselwhite

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Sylvain Sylvain

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Johnny Thunders

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His record collection
is pivotal - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

His record collection is pivotal

Everybody who wanted
to be a folk singer - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Everybody who wanted to be a folk singer

And there was a lot of
different kinds of songs. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

And there was a lot of different kinds of songs.

He picked like, you
know, really strange tunes. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

He picked like, you know, really strange tunes.

You
recorded a lot of songs - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

You recorded a lot of songs

Would you say that he's
someone who inspired you? - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Would you say that he's someone who inspired you?

Well, you're very averse to... - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Well, you're very averse to...

No, because he was such
a grouch, this guy. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

No, because he was such a grouch, this guy.

I mean, I liked a lot
of the stuff he did, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

I mean, I liked a lot of the stuff he did,

You know, sometimes
there would play a show - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

You know, sometimes there would play a show

He used sing like light opera
like Gilbert and Sullivan. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

He used sing like light opera like Gilbert and Sullivan.

How old were you
when you had your first band? - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

How old were you when you had your first band?

We used to play at you know,
like school dances - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

We used to play at you know, like school dances

But... they won every time. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

But... they won every time.

I remember the first
time we played - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

I remember the first time we played

Baby, oh baby - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

And then I could hear
them all applauding - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

And then I could hear them all applauding

And I'm such a
sentimental old fool. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

And I'm such a sentimental old fool.

I was recalling how
when I was like 16, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

I was recalling how when I was like 16,

And I had a very interesting
group of friends, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

And I had a very interesting group of friends,

The New York Avant
Garde Festival was... - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

The New York Avant Garde Festival was...

So we went to see
Charlotte Moormon - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

So we went to see Charlotte Moormon

We liked a little culture
with our pornography. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

We liked a little culture with our pornography.

So a friend of mine said,
"I work for a guy over there - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

So a friend of mine said, "I work for a guy over there

And I was sent down to
the basement to work, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

And I was sent down to the basement to work,

Like it was dug out of rock... - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Like it was dug out of rock...

With moss and water
dripping down. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

With moss and water dripping down.

And my job was to cut logos - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

And my job was to cut logos

It was kind of pop art jewelry. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

It was kind of pop art jewelry.

But I noticed that along
the walls there were racks - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

But I noticed that along the walls there were racks

There was a huge
sequined phallus. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

There was a huge sequined phallus.

There was... all kinds of
headdresses and costumes. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

There was... all kinds of headdresses and costumes.

Cosplay stuff over here?" - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Cosplay stuff over here?"

So I said, "Oh, can I go
to the rehearsal with you?" - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

So I said, "Oh, can I go to the rehearsal with you?&quo...

So I said, "Lore, I'm not
gonna be coming back tomorrow." - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

So I said, "Lore, I'm not gonna be coming back tom...

Sometimes I
would do the lights, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Sometimes I would do the lights,

"And then the thunder rolled." - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

"And then the thunder rolled."

Sometimes I was a spear
carrier and went on stage. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Sometimes I was a spear carrier and went on stage.

And one time I was sharing
a dressing room table - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

And one time I was sharing a dressing room table

And Candy said, "I've been a
lot of low things in my life, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

And Candy said, "I've been a lot of low things in ...

I went from hell to heaven,
you know, it was fantastic. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

I went from hell to heaven, you know, it was fantastic.

Temptation to exist - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Temptation to exist

Stripped of
facade and costume - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Stripped of facade and costume

The drag with being born - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

The drag with being born

Someone's always perishing - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Someone's always perishing

By the self they've assumed - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

By the self they've assumed

Temptation to exist - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Temptation to exist

Dancing with you
'round the room - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Dancing with you 'round the room

With no facade, no costume - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

With no facade, no costume

Ray Grappone, everybody, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Ray Grappone, everybody,

You know, Ray and I
have been practicing - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

You know, Ray and I have been practicing

- Oh, Thomas!
- Did he say that? - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

- Oh, Thomas! - Did he say that?

Oh, oh, oh...
God bless you. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Oh, oh, oh... God bless you.

If you need anything here
at the Café Carlyle, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

If you need anything here at the Café Carlyle,

- I love you, thank you.
- Same to you. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

- I love you, thank you. - Same to you.

I'm used to playing the 2:00 AM
show in the Boom Boom Room. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

I'm used to playing the 2:00 AM show in the Boom Boom R...

This is The Boys
in the Band Band. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

This is The Boys in the Band Band.

Well, have you heard of
a fellow named Morrissey? - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Well, have you heard of a fellow named Morrissey?

He was the teenage president - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

He was the teenage president

But he loved him some Dolls,
you know what I'm saying? - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

But he loved him some Dolls, you know what I'm saying?

So... he called me and he said, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

So... he called me and he said,

I combed every opium
den in Chinatown - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

I combed every opium den in Chinatown

They added a second show. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

They added a second show.

Then... it was the
beginning of the summer - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Then... it was the beginning of the summer

They called, "Would you play?" - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

They called, "Would you play?"

I want to go home, thank you." - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

I want to go home, thank you."

So, I'm just saying
this because like - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

So, I'm just saying this because like

My baby - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

I was thinking of another song, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

I was thinking of another song,

Who's so fly up in the sky - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Who's so fly up in the sky

This is the kind of
place where no one cares - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

This is the kind of place where no one cares

Well, it was in Memphis,
as I recall, right? - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Well, it was in Memphis, as I recall, right?

He invited everybody
on the stage - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

He invited everybody on the stage

Yeah, I had to go to jail
dressed like Liza Minnelli - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Yeah, I had to go to jail dressed like Liza Minnelli

No if you went to like
the thrift store or something, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

No if you went to like the thrift store or something,

It's
interesting that you guys, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

It's interesting that you guys,

Well, we didn't have to - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Well, we didn't have to

You know, if
Granny Takes a Trip, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

You know, if Granny Takes a Trip,

But we used to kind of
improvise, you know. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

But we used to kind of improvise, you know.

Yeah, I mean, the first
time we played outta town - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Yeah, I mean, the first time we played outta town

It was called like
The Shark or something, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

It was called like The Shark or something,

It was just like a big room,
like a warehouse kind of room. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

It was just like a big room, like a warehouse kind of room.

And when we pulled up,
there was all these - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

And when we pulled up, there was all these

And I was like, "Oh man,
people still doing this?" - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

And I was like, "Oh man, people still doing this?"

Somethin' happened.
I don't even remember what, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Somethin' happened. I don't even remember what,

Because of the sound?
The look? - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Because of the sound? The look?

It kind of caused a
lot of sexual tension, I think, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

It kind of caused a lot of sexual tension, I think,

The thing about the Dolls,
the original Dolls, was that - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

The thing about the Dolls, the original Dolls, was that

People who are really
campy, but you know, - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

People who are really campy, but you know,

And it just kind of
gets to the point. - Personality Crisis: One Night Only

And it just kind of gets to the point.

Personality Crisis: One Night Only poster

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Follow musician David Johansen's luminous set at Café Carlyle from January 2020. A concert that is wonderfully intimate and a testament to both a lost New York and an artist who remains as fresh and exciting as ever.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi

Writer: David Tedeschi

Production: Sikelia Productions,Imagine Documentaries,Showtime Documentary Films,Imagine Entertainment

Genre: documentary, biography, music

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 80/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 14 Apr 2023

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.sho.com/titles/3496519/personality-crisis-one-night-only