This film is most definitely based upon Jim Morrison, so much so, that when I first saw the film, with the whole rip off about Rimbaud I almost got sick. Okay if anyone knows about Jim Morrison, he really preferred to be known as James Douglas Morrison, he wanted to be known for his writing, he was a poet. One of Morrison's favorite authors, who had obvious influence on his writing (Check out Morrison's "An American Prayer"), was none other than Arthur Rimbaud. I have also read that Morrison believe he was a reincarnation of Rimbaud (probably the acid),nevertheless, he was an obvious influence. The song "Wild Child" is reportedly wrote about Rimbaud. In the movie, near the beginning, when Ellen Barkin's character, gives them a rundown on "A Season in Hell" by Rimbaud, which was the last thing the author wrote before he "committed suicide" or basically ended his writing career.At the time of Jim Morrison's untimely death, many people believe he followed Rimbaud, and ceased to write but is still alive somewhere. That is up to an individual because the only one who would know would have been Pamela, the woman he spent most of his life with and was with him when he died, yet she herself died 3 years later. Morrison's wife Patricia Kennealy (they were married in a Wiccan ceremony), believes that Pamela killed Morrison. Anyway, the point being this movie was most definitley based upon Jim Morrison: who fashioned his life around Rimbaud and always carried a copy of "A Season in Hell" even before it was translated into English from French.
ahh enough.
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centericecat65
17 years ago
Sorry to tell you all, but this movie was based on a book written by P.F. Kluge. He was raised in Jersey and the book was about his growing up years.
Per the author's website, pfkluge.com, here is what he says about "Eddie", "A fictional examination of my weakness—lifelong weakness—for the songs of my youth. Hits come and go, the products of a season; but they return—sometimes, they seduce and reproach. The novel is set in New Jersey, much of it in Vineland where I had a summer job on the town newspaper in 1962. The novel and the film have been described as a rock and roll Citizen Kane. To this, I do not object."
The book was published in 1980. Hence the making of the moie and being released in 1983.
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fearlesshyena3
17 years ago
while eddie obviously isnt playing a bruce spreensteen esque character, the music in the movie sounds exactly like something from a bruce springsteen album
Great post? Or, the greatest post?
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