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 Tickling My Inner Flower Child, 2008-09-30
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music was far from the straightforward Discovery Channel-type documentary that I imagined. There was none of the typical narrative, offsite interviews of resource persons, or anything post-event.
This film was made at the very heart of the festival, making the 3 or so hours of footage feel indeed like 3 days, as it spanned across all sub-plots of the event. There were closeup shots of the musical performances down to the foot-tapping, the literally dirty fingers tuning the guitars, and hands wildly beating on the bongo drums. There were casual interviews with the young organizers at work, the bewildered (some annoyed) locals, the toilet cleaner who took great pride in making the portalets "pleasanter" for the kids, and all kinds of hippies, some even offering the film crew smokage.
The film likewise captures the ironies - hundreds of thousands of stoned young people and not one violent incident, a financial disaster becoming a landmark event of the century, a film that nobody else wanted to do that saved a flailing film company, and a sense of unity in the backdrop of social unrest. And for these, it became so much more than the ultimate concert film. The rawness of it all combined with excellent editing gave the audience the surreal experience of what it would have been like to participate in those 3 days of peace, love and rock and roll. And it makes you wonder, as I did - had I lived in America in the late 60s, would I have gone to Woodstock?
MUSIC, PEACE AND... MUD, 2008-09-30
I'm a nostalgic semi-old rocker who would have love to be there during that era. So that movie is kind of a must for me, since I have a quite extensive collection of rock concert videos. Like everyone, I saw that movie in somekind of form, on TV or during nostalgia trips at Much Music (Canada's MTV). This version of Woodstock -the movie differs from the one we all saw in a few ways: First, and I quite can't explaine why, It does not follow the chronological order of the festival. Exemple: Richie Haven's performance, which opened the festival, is in the middle of the second DVD. Same for Country Joe McDonald... Also, it is hard to know exactly what happened. Did it rain once? Twice? But, apart from those historical questions, there is also a few benefits: The audio is far better than the cheesy and thin sound that we all remember from the original movie. Everything sound clear and true, with some kind of treatment that give almost the impression of "being there"...some kind of reverb and stereo spatialization. Ther is also bonus performance; 2 form Jefferson's Airplane, one from Country Joe McDonald and the Fish, and one from Jimi Hendrix that include a great unaccompanied guitar jam...
Anather point: I'm not crazy about the double-faced DVD. Mine arrived loose in its box, and was quite scratched. Still works though. Last: One can't watch those scenes about hippies and the "peance and love" generation and it's confrontation with the "straight" word without a smile and somekind of amazement...
Pierre
What a time, 2008-09-23
I have enjoyed watching this movie several times I had just missed going to the festival so this is almost as good. Just not as much mud or excitement I think I would have been very tired after three days of peace and music not to mention all the dope you could have taken. But I enjoyed the movie and anyone that likes the sixty's would enjoy it and some of the young people might learn some stuff.
To young to know what it was about, 2008-09-22
I am only 26 years old and i don't know what it was but woodstock caught my interest. I know that i would never expierence something like that so i thought if i watch this movie i might get a better idea how it was back then. I really enjoyed this movie and for the 4 hours of the movie i felt like i was there(with my surround sound). I did get a great feel what it was all about.
Woodstock Nation Rocks Out!, 2008-09-05
This is the seminal rock film of all time. I remember reading about the concert in "Rolling Stone", wondering about going, it sounds pretty good. But I was still in high school on the west coast, and the surf was up that summer. Then, when it hit the television news, the whole thing took up a life of its own...spontaneous combustion! Then the three-record set came out, the movie came out, the poster came out, the magazine coverage, and the books. With the passing of time, it's great the director's cut has been released, revealing more of what happened at the original Woodstock. Drop some brown acid, and take a wild ride!
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