

“Including the making of ‘Mean Streets.’ So over the years I kept becoming aware of him and his different incarnations, or changes, or shifting from one person to another. “It kept me going through 1973,” he revealed. Scorcese explained his knowledge of Johansen goes back to The New York Dolls and the “Personality Crisis” lead track from their debut album. SEE Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ finally officially confirmed for Cannes debut Because, evolution and transcendence and all that jazz, you don’t want to be like, ‘Who is that guy?’ So, this is a version of me that I can live with. A lot of people, when they do documentaries about music, they ask me to be in them and I normally refuse because it’s the most horrible thing to have an opinion one day and then two years later see it in a film.

“I especially liked the fact that I didn’t die at the end. “It was shockingly good,” Johansen said of the film about him. The conversation was moderated by Cynthia Littleton, Variety Editor-in-Chief. Panel participants from the film included: Director and Producer Martin Scorsese, Director and Editor David Tedeschi, the one and only David Johansen, Producer Margaret Bodde, Executive Producer Mara Hennessey, and film interviewer Leah Hennessey. Tuesday, April 25, Showtime hosted the FYC event for the documentary “ Personality Crisis: One Night Only.” The screening, panel and reception were held at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Los Angeles.
