Depp is ‘Strange’

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The word during the Sundance film festival was that Tom DiCillo‘s narration was a little overbearing — it was this negative buzz that made me eventually lose interest in catching the documentary film as scheduled and perhaps this is part of the motivation behind DiCillo picking Johnny Depp to do some of the same.

When You’re Strange is currently playing at the Berlin Film Festival, and at this point I’m not sure whether it will be an entirely new narration or just a re-recording with Depp. The actor last voiced some excerpts from the work of his dearly departed pal Hunter Thompson for Alex Gibney’s docu Gonzo: The Life and Times of Hunter Thompson.

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Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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