Rickes is la egend, doc is a mess

It was filmed this way by the editor and director. I disagree wqith you, the doc is great and one of the funniest things in quite some time.


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Basically, I give the flick a 7.5/10; I would've rated it higher, but Landis spends a little much time on the whole "why Vegas is so much better back in the old days cause of the mob and so on and son" when all that's important here is Rickles. It also could've been even longer- Rickles telling a story, like about the nut who kept on opening the door and mouthing off maniacally and then going back behind the door (I forget the name of the guy he was describing) is great on its own. And every so often Landis would make a strange edit, like a shot that's panning over a new york city street, Scorsese is talking, and it does a quick shot of the director's guild building before dissolving to him talking inside. why not just cut to Scorsese in there?

But, it is worth watching for Rickles alone, the guy's in his 80s and KILLS!



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This documentary could use a little editing — OK, a *lot* of editing — but the footage of Don on stage and in film is priceless. The clips of other celebs explaining why Don is important are redundant and rather boring, but the documentary is worth it for the clips of Don, which of course should be the whole point. I've been reading a lot of celeb autobiographies lately. I'll have to check out Don's.