Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig

Name: Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig
Genre: Biography
Released: 2015-09-24
Rating: 49

2015

2h 15m

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Michael Alig, a founding member of the notorious Club Kids, leads a 1980s New York City nightlife movement through an era of decadence, debauchery and creative heights.

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Nickolas S

I'M OBSESSED. I wish I was old enough to have been apart of the Club Kids. It seemed so fun and carefree and exciting.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/17/21

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Ramon Fernandez is undoubtedly fascinated by his subject but delivers a documentary that isn't quite as concise and tight as it could have been. My major critic would be about the editing. The various characters interviewed throughout the film are alternated so rapidly that one does't have the time to know / understand who are these people talking about Alig. The party monster himself only arrives late in the documentary and then takes over the limelight with John Saint James. I thought it wasn't necessary to have them explain the reasons why they were going around town and having a laugh. Man it's been 17 years since Michael killed angel, of course he had time to reflect upon his sins and has turned the page. So in a way its good because Michael doesn't really play the sorry card and seems to really be looking forward to his liberation and moving on with his life, but in a way it makes him a bit cold and some might perceive his turn in this film as something distasteful. Some of the people interviewed have strong one sided opinion about aligning and his glory Days a a club kid in NYC pre Giulianni era . I'm not convinced by the choices of what was edited out and what was left in. I would have enjoyed a little more pragmatism here but it seems Fernandez was more into capturing a certain atmosphere and set up the release of Michael rather than straight forward documenting the events then & now. It's a choice and Fernandez seems to assume it all the way. Definitely interesting in many ways but also lacking focus and concision in its form and content.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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I wasn't a big fan. this was more like a really tame MTV musician documentary in which it's basically all interviews with people and no actual storyline. I was expecting something more like American justice or another crime documentary but this wasn't it. it almost seemed to be defending Alig, which I thought was unusual.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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12/20/16 Netflix What a total freak show. Living in the Midwest I was not aware of the NYC Club scene and the Club Kids so this was an interesting and eye opening movie for me. It's amazing how some people can take life to the outer edges.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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mike m

serviceable documentary about murderous club kid Michael Alig. What's most interesting is how much the talking heads seem to be really living in the past and never quite found anything else in life.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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I will never tire of 1980s New York nightclub documentaries. Even after so much has been said about this particular subject, this doc considered Michael Alig, the Limelight, and the character of seedy NY in greater, mesmerizing depth.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Ramon Fernandez

Director

Amanda Lepore

Self

Patricia Field

Self

Michael Alig

Self

James St. James

Self

Fenton Bailey

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Synopsis

Michael Alig, a founding member of the notorious Club Kids, leads a 1980s New York City nightlife movement through an era of decadence, debauchery and creative heights.

Director: Ramon Fernandez
Screenwriter: Ramon Fernandez
Production Co: Electric Theater Pictures
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 16, 2016
Runtime: 2h 15m

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