First-time filmmaker Luis Fernandez de la Reguera's documentary portrait of his longtime friend, actor-comedian-drug dealer-roadie-performance artist Rockets Redglare, who died in 2001 as the age of 51, never makes a convincing argument that Redglare was more than an eccentric East Village hanger-on who caught some lucky breaks. Born Michael Morra in 1949, Redglare's mother was a 15-year-old heroin addict; he grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island in an atmosphere of chaos and potential violence. Baby Michael was born addicted — he says nurses weaned him off heroin by adding a little opiate to his formula — and his childhood memories run to the bizarrely sordi...
Released:
2004
Rated:
NR
Length:
89 mins