简介：IcaughtthisfilmattheSundanceFilmFestival.Itwasoneofthemostpopularfilmsoftheseries.I'mnotabigrockfannoramIadocumentaryjunkie,butIreallylikedthisfilm.Thebackstorywasthatthedirectorbeganfilmingthestoryofafallenrockerjustasamazingthingsbegantohappeninhislife.Catchitifyouhaveachance. HereistheSundancewriteup.NewYorkDollrelatesthemeteoricrise,resoundingfall,andrecentall-too-briefresurrectionoftheseminalNewYorkglam-rock-punkband,theNewYorkDolls,butitisforemostastoryabouttheband'samazingbassistandleader,Arthur"Killer"Kane.Withempathy,respect,andhumor,directorandfriendGregWhiteleyfollowsKaneandinterviewskeymusicians,friends,andcolleaguestouncoverthelegacyoftheDollsandtheirsignificantimpactontheLondonmusicsceneinthedizzyingheydayoftheearly1970s. AfterKaneandhisbandbottom-outondrugsandalcohol,hedisappearsfrommusic,embracingasurprisinglydifferentpathwhenhebecomesaborn-againMormon.WhenrockerMorrisseyorganizesaLondonreunionoftheNewYorkDolls,Kanebuyshisguitarbackfromapawnshop,takesleaveofhisFamilyCenterlibraryjob,andheadsbacktoNewYorkCitytoprepareforanunlikelycomeback. Howwillthereconstitutedbandpulloffitsfirstperformancein30years?Canthesemusicianspossiblyrecapturetheenergyandélanthatmadethemlegendsintheirownbrieftime?WhatawaitsKaneafterhisshortrepriseinthespotlight?TheanswersmakeNewYorkDollanentertaining,exhilarating,warmlyhuman,andultimatelybittersweetpaeantoaneraandthemanlovinglydescribedbyfriendandbandmemberDavidJohansenas"themiracleofGod'screation."—DianeWeyermann…