Interviews
Jeff Finn seeks the truth in new Jim Morrison documentary – Interview
Jeff Finn is a documentary filmmaker who has set out to uncover the real story surrounding the death of Jim Morrison of The Doors. Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison is a first of its kind “documystery” series that will make its global TVOD/Digital release on January 13, 2025, following Morrison’s 81st birthday, and will be available on all the major platforms of Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and YouTube TV, with more to follow.
A dozen years in the making, Before the End’s cryptic tagline encapsulates its investigative approach: “One Man. Countless Myths. And in between lies the truth.” Z-Machine founder, Jeff Finn’s extraordinary detail work breaks the decades long hermetic seal on the traumatic formative years that forged a brief hellacious life, through Morrison’s controversial career as lead singer of legendary 1960s rock band, The Doors, to his reported 1971 death by “heart failure” in Paris at age 27. Morrison’s ostensible demise, technically an unsolved cold case, formed its own rabbit hole of reasonable doubt, which inspired Finn to consult with private investigators and forensic analysts.
Before the End transcends “rock doc” in the same sense that Jim Morrison was more than a rock star. Featuring unprecedented content, from shocking corroboration about Morrison’s early life, to harrowing revelations about his stardom, and fresh evidence that contradicts his professed death, Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrisonisproudly unauthorized because it “seeks the unvarnished truth.” The documystery reverse-engineers long-controlled narratives while it explores the notion of Morrison the nonconformist as neurodivergent, and deconstructs – through on-camera interviews with family, friends, lovers, classmates, and associates – key distinctions between Jim Morrison, “rock god,” and James Douglas Morrison, introverted outsider.
Among those interviewed and/or featured are Morrison’s cousins, Ellen Edwards and David Backer, lovers, Anne Moore, Gayle Enochs, Judy Huddleston, and Suzanne Roady-Ross, friends, Mirandi Babitz and Salli Stevenson, Elektra Records founder, Jac Holzman, The Doors booking agent, Todd Schiffman, The Doors roadie, Gareth Blyth, screenwriter, Randall Jahnson, rock critics, Ellen Sander and Richard Meltzer, UCLA classmates, Philip Oleno and Richard Blackburn, UCLA roommate, Ron Cohen, UCLA professor, Dick Adams, Florida State University roommates, Bryan Gates and John McQueen, FSU professor, Ralph Turner, Alameda High School swim coach, Ash Jones, childhood friend, Jeff Morehouse, Paris-era acquaintances, Philippe Dalecky and Gilles Yepremian, and exclusives via Jim’s brother, Andy Morrison, Robyn Wurtele, Morrison’s enigmatic Paris-era assistant, and “Mr. X,” a mind-blowing anonymous source.
Z-Machine is a truly independent production company helmed by writer and filmmaker, Jeff Finn, whose tie-in book, 127 Fascination: Jim Morrison Decoded, is forthcoming.
Ernie Hudson, famous for his role in the Ghostbusters franchise was newly announced as an Ambassador for the Puppy Food Bank in San Antonio, TX. The star spent the weekend raising funds for the organization which provides food for “no kill” rescue centers across the country as well as adoptive families.
See the full press conference and our interview with the star below.
Also, this past weekend in support of the Puppy Food Bank, nearly a dozen Ghostbusters chapters from all across Texas converged on San Antonio to meet Ernie and raise funds for the charity. See some of the photos from this past weekend’s event below.
Thank you to the following Texas Chapters for your participation in the event:
- Ghostbusters SATX
- Austin Ghostbusters
- Yellow Rose Ghostbusters
- Lubbock Ghostbusters
- Ghostbusters: Texas Rangers Division
- Gateway City Ghostbusters (Laredo, TX)
- The North Texas Ghostbusters
- Houston Ghostbusters
- ECTO713 Bayou City Ghostbusters
- The Real West Texas Ghostbusters
- Wrecto-1 Ghostbusters
San Antonians can visit surrounding Rudy’s BBQ locations thru March 16th and make a contribution for a meal deal or if you’d like to donate to the Puppy Food Bank directly, you can visit their site here.
Darcy Weir is on a mission to bring the world’s most captivating mysteries—UFOs, Cryptids, Bitcoin, and beyond into the spotlight. Over the past two decades, he has crafted over 15 feature-length documentaries, making these enigmatic topics more accessible and shedding new light on them for the general public. His latest 4-part docuseries present corroborated testimonies from individuals who all claim to have been abducted. The docuseries is currently available digitally on Amazon. Find it here: Pascagoula 73 on Amazon
The eye-opening series features exclusive interviews with Abductees Charlie Hickson, Calvin Parker, Maria Blair, Jerry Blair as well as UFO Researcher Philip Mantle, Founder Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) Dr. James Harder and Director at MUFON Jennifer Stein
Comics
Kaiju Artist Matt Frank talks past, present and future goals during “King of the Monsters Fest” – Interview
That Guy Tommy sat down with prolific Kaiju artist Matt Frank during the “Retro City” King of the Monsters-Fest. Since 2011, Matt Frank has been known in both Japan and America as the “Kaiju King,” becoming the fan-favorite artist for all things giant and monstrous!
Although he had been drawing since he was very young, Matt became a true professional artist somewhere between 2005 and 2008. His first official foray into the Godzilla franchise was as a cover artist for Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters for IDW Publishing, and he continued to make covers for Godzilla: History’s Greatest Monster in 2012. By 2013, he headlined the 25-issue series, Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, the longest running Godzilla comic ever published, as a story co-developer, cover artist, and lead interior artist, and the series became an instant classic among fans.
Though Godzilla will always be his first love, Matt is also an accomplished Transformers artist, beginning with The Beast Wars Sourcebook as a character illustrator, and also providing interiors for Transformers Animated: The Rise of Safeguard, Transformers Spotlight: Trailcutter, Mars Attacks the Transformers, and numerous titles for both IDW and Fun Publications. Matt even created 4 new Transformers characters, the Raptoricons, for the Official Transformers Collector’s Club in 2016.
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