Some have said that Oliver Stone's The Doors was a realistic and accurate portrayal of Jim Morrison's life and The Doors' musical escapades. Unfortunately, director Oliver Stone has a habit of putting his own beliefs and ideas into the mouths of his characters. This would not necessarily be bad if his characters were fictional. Jim Morrison and his fellow band members are real, and those who knew him best are still living.

The first major mistake that Stone made took place when Jim and Ray Manzarek (Kyle Maclachlan) were attending UCLA film school. A recreation of Jim's short student film is shown. In Stone's version there is quite a bit of what seems to be Nazi propaganda. Scenes of Hitler and his troops shouting and holding up Nazi flags are shown with Kilmer reading Jim's poetry in the background. The W

Although Oliver Stone has received acclaim for his portrayal of The Doors, some of those members still living are disturbed by how Stone has show them. All the discrepancies in Stone's version of The Doors' lives should give some indication as to what type of filmmaker he is. Maybe he should stick to making movies about fictional characters instead of people who have lived.

Manzarek, Ray. My Life with The Doors. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1998.

WII footage in Jim's original film was grossly misrepresented. It was a funny, light scene with a large German girl dancing on a T.V. to American rock music in the background. Stone's version made Jim out to be a disciple of Adolf Hitler. In addition to all the anti-Semitism Stone placed in the film, he also had Kilmer misquoting Friedrich Nietzsche.

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