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A Day in the Death of Donny B (1969)

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Blast From the Past: A Day In The Death of Donny B (dir by Carl Fick)

Blast From the Past: A Day In The Death of Donny B (dir by Carl Fick)

Just a few hours earlier, I was going through my DVR and I discovered that I had recorded, off of TCM, a film called A Day In The Death of Donny B.  That title immediately caught my attention (and I imagine that the title is probably what inspired me to record the film in the first place).  A Day In The Death of Donny B sounds like the title of something that would have come out of Andy Warhol’s…

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Carl Fick "A Day in the Death of Donny B." (1969).

Poor Donny B. ... forever wandering the streets looking for that fix to end all fixes. Those around him, his family, people in the neighborhood, functionaries in the system, however, know what's in store ... the degradation of junkie-life. A surprisingly non-sanctimonious anti-smack film, this 1969 cautionary tale uses a docudrama motif underscored by a groovy soundtrack the kids can dig. "A Day in the Death of Donny B." makes for a thoroughly entertaining short.

Music by Harry Holt.