1964 Directed by Ray Manzarek
This black and white student film stars Ray Manzarek's girlfriend (and future wife of 40+ years) Dorothy Fujikawa along with fellow film student Hank Olguin. The film is a series of scenes that show Dorothy and Hank in different life situations, while the narration is a conversation between Hank and Dorothy discussing different topics. The central theme is the life of a jazz musician and his girlfriend.
USA
USA
I love jazz, but this was not it for me despite being inducted into the LOC's National Film Registry.
*Registering the Registry also publishes over on medium, with pretty pictures an' everything.*
In case you don’t know the story: it’s the summer of 1965, and Ray has just earned himself a Master’s in the fine art of cinematography from UCLA’s film school. To this point in his life, Ray’s dabbled in jazz piano, studied economics at DePaul University, served as an army intelligence officer, joined his brothers’ bar band as keyboardist, and started a successful long-term relationship with his girlfriend Dorothy. Quite a bit of living under the belt for a man of twenty-five, but he’s not entirely sure where he’s gonna go next until he unexpectedly bumps into a fellow former student out on Venice Beach, undergrad Jim.…
Whisky a go-go appearance in this, Jim Morrison appearance and going to Paris mentioned in 'Induction'. Unintentional easter eggs to the future
