Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind

2019

Action / Biography / Documentary / Music

11
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 332 332

biography

Plot summary

The untold story of Charles Manson's obsession to become a rock star, his rise in the LA music scene, the celebrities who championed his music, his tragic friendship with The Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson and his descent into violence and chaos once his dreams fell apart.

Director

Tom O'Dell Photo
Tom O'Dell

Top cast

Domenic Priore Photo
Domenic Priore as Self
John Lennon Photo
John Lennon as Self
Sharon Tate Photo
Sharon Tate as Self
John F. Kennedy Photo
John F. Kennedy as Self
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994.86 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 2
1.8 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dougdoepke

A Different Track

The name Manson immediately evokes images of a wild-eyed, shaggy-haired monster, which in many ways he was. However, that's not the aspect focussed on in this 100-minute documentary. There's very little of the usual morbidity associated with him and his cult followers appearing here. In fact footage from the grotesque murders- a staple of other Manson accounts- is passed over entirely. So folks interested in those grisly moments may be disappointed. Instead, the storyline tracks the ex-con's frustrated attempt to break into the Hollywood music industry and how that influences decisive moments in his life. So, it's the man more than the grisly crimes that unfolds here. Then too, his musical ambitions are shown bringing him into episodic contact with Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys who then becomes an important part of the storyline. Of course, the druggie counter-culture of Haight-Ashbury and LA figures importantly in Manson's rise as a cult leader along with his teenage girl followers. Together, they are showcased in the early part. Adding to the overall insights are live commentaries from his biographer John Stebbins and folks who knew him, like Dianne West an ex-cult follower.All in all, it's an unusual documentary on the reviled killer, and of real interest in suggesting how his frustrations with a big-time musical career may well have turned an eccentric hippy into an infamous killer.
Reviewed by amyroberts-61528 1 / 10

Don't waste your time

Terrible. I thought this would actually be about Charlie's music, not a ton of speculation about the murders. Lots of inaccuracies compared to everything I've ever read about the Family (including books by them) and people who were not there giving so called facts about things that they know nothing about. Not worth watching for anybody who actually knows anything about the people and events from that period of time. Since I need more characters to publish thus I'll just repeat myself here...self proclaimed "experts" are giving their imagination of things said and done that they know nothing about as facts is sickening. If they'd ever read anything, even "Heather Skelter" maybe they would have sounded just a teeny tiny bit less ignorant.
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