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guitarist

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. It was made in 1993 by

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and

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, the lead singer of the

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. Dr.

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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''.

Soundtrack

All songs written by John Frusciante unless noted otherwise: # Title unknown (unreleased Niandra-era recording) – 1:14 # "Running Away Into You" – 1:52 # "Untitled #2" (With poem) – 4:18 # "Untitled #3" – 1:48 # "

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" (

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) (Performed by

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) – 2:16

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* 1993 films 1993 short documentary films Documentary films about rock music and musicians Films directed by Johnny Depp American short documentary films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films English-language short documentary films {{short-documentary-film-stub