I liked parts of it - e.g.the scenes about his childhood and the music parts. Beside that there were too many surf scenes that looked to me all the same. Maybe one has to be a surfer dude to understand this. Reflecting his music is only a small part of the film what I find a bit disappointing. The film and surf stuff I don't find that interesting.

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An intimate documentary following Johnson's journey from surfer to filmmaker to world-renowned musician through rare archives and present-day reflections on how experience, friendship, and exploration shaped his sound and stories.

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