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Tom DiCillo has been a Sundance mainstay for years, having had over five films in the festival since 1992. Some of the standouts include 1995’s Living in Oblivion (a must-see for any aspiring filmmaker) to 2007’s Delirious, both of which star Steve Buscemi. This year he’s back with a documentary about The Doors, When You’re Strange. It’s a feature-length movie comprised entirely of never-before-seen archival film footage, consisting of rehearsals, concerts, vintage television appearances, and it also includes most of Highway, a student film Morrison made and stars in. While the documentary doesn’t offer us anything new about the band, it’s a unique look at one of the most famous American bands to emerge from the 1960s.

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