Martin Scorsese will direct a new music documentary about New York Dolls frontman David Johansen, reports Consequence of Sound Tuesday.
According to the official synopsis, the hitherto untitled film is about John’s entire life and career. It tells about how he grew up on Staten Island, his time in the East Village of New York in the mid-1960s, and his life as the frontman of the glamor punk band New York Dolls.
However, the film will also portray the post-punk years of the now-seventy-year-old Johansen, both the lounge music from the eighties he made under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter and the blues records he made at the beginning of this century as David Johansen and the Harry Smiths.
“David’s music captures the energy and excitement of New York City,” said 77-year-old Scorsese in a press release, Consequence of Sound. “I see him perform often and over the years I have learned the depth of his music. After seeing his show at Café Carlyle last year, I knew I had to film it because it was so extraordinary to see the evolution of to see his life and his musical talent in such an intimate setting. For me, the show captured the true emotional potential of live music. “
A past of music documentaries
To tell this story, Scorsese has teamed up with long-standing employees, including producer Margaret Bodde and directors Ellen Kuras and David Tedeschi.
Scorsese already has several music documentaries to his name. He won two Emmys with his 2011 film about George Harrison; George Harrison: Living in the Material World. Last year, Netflix released the Bob Dylan documentary directed by Martin Scorsese Rolling Thunder Revue from. Scorsese was also executive producer of the unreleased film Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band over The Band.
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