Stuff (1993)

Directed by

Johnny Depp

Genre

documentary film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

12 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary shows the chaotic home life of Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante in 1993. Johnny Depp and Gibby Haynes made the film to capture the instability around Frusciante at the time.

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What happens

Stuff is a 12-minute documentary about the house of Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante. It was made in 1993 by Johnny Depp and Gibby Haynes, the lead singer of the Butthole Surfers. Dr. Timothy Leary is also present in the video. The film's main purpose was to depict the chaos and instability of Frusciante's life. The film once aired in the Dutch TV series Lola Da Musica, and was released in the 1990s as a promo VHS. "Untitled #2" from Frusciante's Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt album is featured in the film with a poem read over it. Also featured is an unreleased Frusciante song, which contains elements of another song titled "Untitled #5" from his album Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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