UCLA student film: Induction (Ray Manzarek, 1965) 

Ray Manzarek and Dorothy Fujikawa were together until Ray's passing. Beautiful thing. He only spoke of her with total respect of her as an individual. Secretly, he was my inspiration for being a father and husband. Watching him in interviews and reading his autobiography, he was always a creative Beatnik/Bohemian, but very responsible and actually traditional in many ways. RIP Ray: you are in my top 5 musicians (combining Cool and Bebop Jazz into Rock) and as an inspiration for how to behave in this uptight society.

At minute 5:14 when they greet each other and 7:01 as Ray Manzarek goes up the stairs you can see Jim Morrison with his first love Mary Werbelow... They separated shortly after and Mary was the inspiration for some of The Doors best songs like "The Crystal Ship" and "The End". In her only interview in 2005, Mary acknowledged that Jim was the love of her life and that she would not forgive herself for not being with him again... A sad story and at the same time beautiful, like Jim's life itself.

Ray Manczarek was a very talented director - his match-cuts to action repeated and jumping time in "Evergreen" are A1. The fact he is self-reverential in his '65 film to his own '64 film starring his girlfriend, and includes a POV of the Whisky A Go Go, that he would become the resident house band for, years later - is just prescient, and unfathomable. He was a great maestro for the Doors, but he could have been a very impactful film-maker, just as easily. I wish I had seen this 20 years ago. A key reason I had the inspiration and confidence to pursue film school, in great degree, was the Doors (Ray & Jim) going and meeting at UCLA and Morrison's quote - 'there are no experts in Cinema, it's an art unfolding' paraphrased of course. It's incredible that these films are restored to be shared. THANK YOU!

I was an undergraduate at UCLA 1965-1969 with two quarters as an inter campus visitor at UC Berkeley my sophomore year. Freshman year at UCLA was crammed with movie nights on campus watching student films screened in lecture halls. Yes, the parking lots were named after small integers. I remember helping Shiela James Kuehl looking for her car in the infamous Lot 11 that I believe is now a track stadium. Back then, an truck drove the lot on rainy days (usually Tuesdays) and shoveled asphalt wherever water accumulated to be tamped down by cars driving over the former holes. I believe there was a shuttle bus to Lot 12. I took the number 8 bus from the UCLA campus to the end of the line in Venice at Washington and Lincoln and hiked the remaining three miles home. Sometimes, I got lucky and the bus operator would let me ride south on Lincoln to 83rd street to shorten my walk over the old Hughes runway where I once saw a B-52 land. I dreamed of making any of those memories into short films of my own. Instead, I was a physicist who became a systems engineer. Now retired, I do substitute teaching in northern Virginia and occasionally tell stories of the years I went to UCLA as the classmate of many famous, and interesting people.

Amazing and artistic. Ray was such a talented person, even before his time with The Doors. Sadly, he does not get the recognitions he deserves. But, in my opinion, "he" was The Doors. RIP Ray.

There are two very prophetic moments in this film. The first was when Ray's first girlfriend mentions the possibility of living in Paris (which Jim & Pam would later do). The second was when Ray asks her, "Is this the end?", and the words "The End" appear on the screen.

Wow so cool a year before their London Fog gig in ‘66. Peeped Morrison two times cool to see he’d be in his movies maybe Jim’s movies had Ray as well ❤ RIP to both of them. Great artists

A film of the period . His GF putting the ice on him . Obviously , he was artistic from the beginning . I was lucky to see the original group 3 times . It's hard to imagine Ray in the Army , unless he was entertaining the troops . We all miss Ray and his music . Thanks for sharing this .

Great film, thank you. Love to see J.Morrison even for a bit. Ray great play.

Outstanding comedy (farce). Love the ending. Perhaps inspired a bit by the Morrison/Werbelow intrigue.

Check out Jim Morrison's first true real love (Mary Frances Werbelow from Clearwater, Florida) who's on the stairs with Jim Morrison (7:00) as Ray goes up to look for the other girl. It's also the same girl Jim M. reaches out to in the earlier scene as Ray says hello. (5:15) Amazing.

Vintage classic beautiful!!! Thank you for posting this...😃🙏

Sexual freedom; undoubtedly and beautifully autobiographical. I love the foreshadowing, "the one act play where I leave him in the end" which is what kind of happens when Nikki changes their relationship at the end of Act One in this short film. ❤️ THE END is also the title of The Doors' song. There are probably many student films in need of preservation that are just as fantastic by lesser known people than Ray Manzurak of The Doors

This is really good Ray was a talented dude

Jim Morrison at @05:13 and @07:01 in the white shirt. Thank me later.

Wonderful. Thank you !

I agree with many of the comments, there was beautiful art in that era, and the Doors and Ray were a big part of that. The influence extends to this day. From his film what I understood is that there are many things in life that seem to change at a great pace but there are many aspects of relationships that are very consistent. It's not even purely romantic, as we are individuals trying to connect on multiple levels, sometimes social norms and culture are not open enough for fully developing people. Maybe I misinterpreted, would not the first time!

Wow I'm a big doors fan and this is incredible. I have never seen this before. Are there any more movies that raymond Manzurek made? He is a decent actor too.

Did anyone else notice that the song at 4:44 is Dancing In The Street is playing, and then immediately followed by (I can't get no) Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones? Ray basically predicted Mick Jagger covering the song with David Bowie (massive reach lol)

Quite an artifact. Thanks for posting this. Dorothy is beautiful!

Damn Ray pretty good shit.

Ojalá el filme surrealista que Jim Morrison realizó en UCLA hubiera sobrevivido, sería interesante ver la poesía cinematográfica de Morrison durante sus días de estudiante de cine. Jim Morrison fue un genio incomprendido...

Jim Morrison at 05:14

@5:15 Jim Morrison appears on the right over Ray's shoulder and again @7:00 at the bottom of the stairs.

I just just watched Ray's talking about the time Jim died and the last time he seen him. And underneath that video was this. I'm going to enjoy this. Its like a time capsule. UCLA when we was in a era of great movies to come. Ray was a genius from the top of his head to the soul of him feet. 😎

Ray The Genius Manzarek!!!!❤❤❤

Здравствуйте американцы. Я пишу из России. Америка 60х была другой, там много читали и мечтали изменить всё. Я люблю Америку 60х , мне нравится её стиль.

SPOILER : 05:18 Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison before "The Doors". 😉

This is actually pretty accurate...about The way parties were back then. I went to Japan and had very different Parties. They tended to be...ahem.. Well no TMI here..but a little bit MORE

He could talk about the phone book and make it interesting.

Very early glimpse of Jim Morrison at 5:15.

Awesome

4:45 - Morrison in white tee shirt .

magnificent, indeed

Like my parents, Ray and Dorothy remained married until one of their deaths.

Jim came in at @5:15 lol!

Jim Morrison appearance at 5:15

how is this in stereo

Apparently this is the only video clip ever of Jim and Mary 😮

At 6:37 am I going crazy or is that Taffy Lewis from Blade Runner?

Love ❤️ you, Ray 😊

9:05 this is the end my only friend the end...

Morrison again 7:01

Name spelled differently in the opening screen. Is that the way his birth name is spelled, or a typo?

Roman Polanski in last year of Film School in Lodz Poland paid some gangsters to start a fight during one of such parties in the School and he recorded that as one of his homework etudes :)

The male voice at about 13:25 sounds like Jim Morrison, not Ray.

I think this has changed this 13 yr old's life.

8:06 I hope this isn’t the end. Correlation?

Ray...when you have a woman rolling on the couch with nothing on but your shirt...3:05...and you run out the door...what did you think was going to happen at the party when another man gave her the attention you didn't?

Straight laced Jazz guy Ray Manzarek seems the least likely person to be part of a dark psychedelic rock band like The Doors.

A glimpse into the past?

Absolute rubbish, and I can't get enough !

It should be call the ventriloquists

❤🙏

Further insights about this film directly from Ray at this video : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eSkllKaA8dE.html

Where’s the one that Jim made that had the girl dancing on top of a TV set that was playing a nazi march?

Paul Ferrara 7:32- 7:48

She’s beautiful… the film is whacked though

In other words Ray made a movie about a pathetic simp.... somehow I have a feeling he was one in real life... Also - seems his real name was Manczarek not Manzarek (Manzarek sounds a lot less Polish but he probably simplified it due to pronunciation issues for Americans)

That dude was so talented. Could play bass piano and organ with both hands at the same time, write a decently interesting film, and not to mention act pretty darn well

so crazy and so cool having this on film, you can see jim around, some kind of author blueprint from ray and a rlly decent acting by him too

This has kind of a Woody Allen feel to it, Morrison clowning around at the party in his white shirt ( that's the real him ) , at 6:07 is Babe Hill i believe, the sound guy for the Doors later on, Harrison Ford also did that at concerts. Ray served in the Army around a year in Thailand & Okinawa before the Viet Nam war got really going, he enlisted after breaking up with his girlfriend.

Who is that dude that emerges at 5:14 in the background? Seems familiar.

Many years ago, I read in a Doors-biography about Ray making this film. I never thought I would be seeing this film. Now I can. Thank you!! 😀 Where's Jim Morrison? Does anybody know?

Why Manzarek looks like he is in his mid 40s?

5:14 a very young Morrison behahid Ray.......7:01 Jim Morrison on the stairs with a Girl

凄ぇ興味深い　レイは ハンサムな三枚目 っつー役が似合うね ウディ・アレン感があるよね　それとやっぱヌーベルバーグ 最新作としてのゴダール「男性・女性」なんかも観てたのかな つーか こっからザ・ドアーズの世界に行っちゃうんだもんなぁ 生きる事は面白いよね

The music at the end is the melody from one of the songs in "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T" (Because We're Kids)

Too bad UCLA discarded Jim’s film. I read that. They were probably like what is this lunatic trash lol

Fun fact: Ray marrying an Asian woman was the only thing Oliver Stone did accurately.

Ray Manzarek dropped off the "c" in his last name in the 1960's 😮

Ray seemed like such a square.😄

thanks a lot for this. -D

Chews with his mouth open

is that Mama Cass at 9.37?

Amazing ❤

I think Ray's inspiration for this piece is Jim Morrison and Mary Werbelow who appear on the party. About their break up she said: "I had to go out and see what parts of that were me. I just knew I had to be away from him. I needed to be by myself, to find my own identity." Morrison never stopped loving her but then he also discovered Pam. But that was later. Maybe Ray predicted it...

The Doors 🔥😎👍🏻♥️🇨🇱

Thanks Ray.

Bro what is that music playing at 5:30

This is great. Ray was a decent actor too. And spotted Jim in the background! Wow never knew about this.

Cool history 😎