Duke Ellington - Swinging At His Best DVD

Advantages: The BEST Of Bowie!
Disadvantages: Lack of bonus material

...Few careers last quite as long as David Bowie's has. Even more incredible than a career spanning over four decades is the fact that he has remained a successfully artist, reinventing himself and his music time and time again. 'The Best Of Bowie' documents his career from his Ziggy Stardust image, through to the Thin White Duke persona and into the more relaxed and casual manner seen in recent years. The DVD features the video's of some of Bowie's most successful songs, as well as plenty of archive and live footage from show's such the Old Grey Whistle Test', 'Top Of The Pops' and similar shows. The videos are ordered chronologically, starting with the earliest and working forward from there. Some of the earlier videos do look a little dated by today's standards and none have been remastered, but overall the video-quality is good... Read review

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Advantages: The music is sensational and wonderful performances
Disadvantages: You may need to watch it more than once to take it all in

...to the piece. We are then suddenly left with relative silence as the stunningly beautiful Satine is lowered from the ceiling on a swing to perform Diamonds are a girls best friend. During this number she mistankenly assumes that Christian our penniless writer is a rich and powerful Duke and seduces him (not that this was ever going to be hard work). However, there is a problem. As Satine goes back up into the rafters on her swing she becomes out of breath and falls form a great hight. Our first sign that all is not well. Christian goes to meet Satine after the show to "Read her his poetry" which she takes as a metaphor for love making thinking the way that only a courtesan could. To stop her bizarre and at some points cringe worthy attempts to have sex he blurts out a song, Your Song by Elton John, which blows her away... Read review

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Advantages: gene hackman
Disadvantages: annoying sound effects at the start

...when he mistreats his girlfriend & partner stan, driving them both away from him. Much more interesting than Apocalypse now, I rate 8/10 Other Info -------------- Director - Francis Ford Coppola (Godfather) Written by Francis Ford Coppola Runtime 113 minutes ( 1 hour 53 ) Nominated for 3 Oscars Rated 12 Released 1974 Tagline - Harry Caul will go anywhere to bug a private conversation DVD - 1.85:1 Anamorphic widescreen Filmed on location in San Francisco Soundtrack ---------------- "Sophisticated Lady" - By Duke Ellington "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" - By Hughie Cannon "When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along" - By Harry M. Woods "When I Take My Sugar To Tea" - By Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal & Pierre Norman "To Each His Own" - By Jay Livingston & Ray Evans "Out of Nowhere... Read review

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