it's a shankar love-fest. WE ALL NEED A SHANKAR LOVE-FEST.
― bangor, Wednesday, 18 May 2005 02:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 10:24 (eighteen years ago) link
I got as far as when CSN came on, and I thought, That's all...
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 10:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 10:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 10:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 10:42 (eighteen years ago) link
okay, the only ones featured in the film that I like are the Who and Sly. Hendrix = eh, allright, but seen/heard it a million times.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 18 May 2005 17:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Scott CE (Scott CE), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beta (abeta), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link
otm. This is the best documentary on hippies I've seen. And yeah, not all the music is great, but I will never get tired of watching Santana trip. Also ace is Sly Stone's performance.
― Dominique (dleone), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― a banana (alanbanana), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
“Writing Seminar in Film: Discovering the Rock and Roll Sublime”
Filmmakers have tried to capture the essence of rock and roll since the early 1950s. What is it about this form of music that has made it irresistible to directors as interesting and as disparate as Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola, Alan Parker and Dennis Hopper? As we explore the question of how to frame our reactions to a popular cultural phenomenon in rigorous intellectual terms, we will briefly touch on definitions of beauty and the sublime in authors such as Longinus, Edmund Burke, Nietzsche, Ultimately, these theoretical considerations will merely form the frame: the main work of the class will consist of engaging in understanding representations of a rock-and-roll aesthetic on film. We will view films like Apocalypse Now, A Clockwork Orange, and The Wall. The class requires active participation; you will also attend weekly mandatory screenings outside of class, keep a journal and participate in frequent in-class writing exercises, in addition to writing several polished essays.
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link
yeah i love how they edited that so it's like everyone's already packed up and left and jimi's still wailing away without a care. richie havens and santanas sets are inspired too.
― Amon (eman), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 22:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beta (abeta), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 22:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amon (eman), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 22:48 (eighteen years ago) link
So I taped it, but didn't watch it right away because it was on late at night. But afterwards, I was a little afraid to finally view it for the first time because John Norris did some kind of disclaimer at the beginning which said something like "the film contains nudity, drug references and other material which may be sensitive to some viewers - viewer discretion is advised - mtv does not support or condone the abuse of illegal substances" and it gave me that chilling "FBI warning" type of scare that kept me away from watching it for a few months, but I did a few months later and I became a fan of nearly every band in the movie within the next year because of it - especially The Who, Sly, Santana and Hendrix. The songs in this movie were the first Hendrix and Who songs I had ever heard, so I consider it a pretty special film for me personally.
yeah i love how they edited that so it's like everyone's already packed up and left and jimi's still wailing away without a care.
There are clearly less people there for Hendrix than any other performer in the movie, so I'm sure it was the truth. I love this concept for some reason - of Jimi getting so lost in his shredding that half the audience loses interest and starts packing up.
the woodstock dvd screws up the split screens (when only one section is on it makes it fill the screen)
I was HIGHLY disappointed by this. Directors cut my ass. (Oh wait, I might be thinking of the VHS version.. I don't remember..)
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Thursday, 19 May 2005 01:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 31 May 2005 16:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Aerodynamic (Aerodynamic), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 23:08 (eighteen years ago) link
I think I must've fast-forwarded through this part. Especially if it was in-between CSN and Joan Baez.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 31 May 2005 23:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 07:32 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Shakey Mo Collier
Well, you certainly can't be faulted for THAT! Only the wretched John Sebastian was more insufferable than Joan Baez. (But that Port-O-San guy really is worth seeing.)
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 08:08 (eighteen years ago) link
Port-o-San guy rules and the friendly copper too. And who can argue against the "skinny-dipping is a beautiful thing" hippie godess?
― Omar (Omar), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 08:39 (eighteen years ago) link
hahahaha!
― Amon (eman), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 10:51 (eighteen years ago) link
haha, I kept thinking "what a square" while he was singing. And did he really forget that one lyric, or was he fishing for audience participation?
― Dominique (dleone), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― queen gimme sommathatbrownacidnow!, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― diedre mousedropping and a quarter (Dave225), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike h. (mike h.), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:51 (eighteen years ago) link
The film makers and distributor were sued by the man who was interviewed while cleaning the Port-O-San portable latrines, on the grounds of mental anguish, embarrassment, public ridicule, and invasion of privacy. An appellate court opinion in this lawsuit may be read at Taggart v. Wadleigh-Maurice, Ltd., 489 F.2d 434 (3d Cir. 1973).
― a banana (alanbanana), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link
btw, here's some background info on the whole event:
http://www.woodstock69.com/wsrprnt1.htm
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 2 June 2005 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 2 June 2005 21:23 (eighteen years ago) link
I also think that Arlo Guthrie song is great, but it's just upsetting that they couldn't show the actual performance of it for whatever reason. (And on the soundtrack, that version wasn't even recorded at Woodstock.)
The worst performance in the whole movie is definitely Country Joe & The Fish performing whatever the hell they're trying to do.. It's labelled as "Rock And Soul Music" on the soundtrack.
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Friday, 3 June 2005 02:57 (eighteen years ago) link
I've got the entire weekend's PPV broadcast on VHS if you'd like...
― Community Cornerstone (deangulberry), Friday, 3 June 2005 03:06 (eighteen years ago) link
people actually harrassed this guy for being in that film? ;-(
― Amon (eman), Friday, 3 June 2005 04:37 (eighteen years ago) link
Not that they're a classic band or anything - far from it - but their gold-lame schtick is almost a relief, placed in the middle of all this peace 'n' love.
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Friday, 3 June 2005 06:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 3 June 2005 06:17 (eighteen years ago) link
So, on the off chance that someone has bought the latest version. Does it still do this?
― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
when Sha Na Na come on its like punks somehow happened years too early; it's a total disconnect from everything else there. love them. it's a great movie, despite the baez.
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 13:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I watched the American Experience Woodstock episode last night (which I didn't realize was American Experience-connected until it started). Worth seeing, even if you've seen the film more than once. The musical clips are comparatively minimal; it's about the four guys who engineered the show, the logistics, etc. The two highlights for me were both courtesy old people: when, after the food ran out, the local citizens of Bethel started gathering and hauling food over to the site (that's in the film, I think, but only briefly), and when Max Yasgur--whose farm has just been pretty much destroyed--addresses the crowd warmly and supportively.
― clemenza, Saturday, 11 January 2020 04:16 (four years ago) link