Ode To Freedom - The Berlin Celebration Concert DVD

Advantages: Screenplay, source, score, direction, choreography, performances...
Disadvantages: Not a film you can disengage your brain from, some people don't 'get' it.

...enjoyable film as such, but then it isn't supposed to be. Cabaret should disturb, anger and provoke thought - the plight of the Jews and other aspects of the Nazi party's rise to power are very real and should not be treated lightly. The film takes advantage of the cinema medium to do what the stage show never could - cut away for two or three seconds to show a brief scene of violence, decadence or sheer horror in the streets of Berlin. Each time this happens, you feel the divide between reality and the world inhabited by the central characters. The sexual freedom of Berlin at the time is also portrayed in a disturbing, relationship-destroying manner - 'life is a cabaret' sings Sally Bowles, and maybe it is, if you ignore reality as she does so compulsively. The songs by Kander and Ebb, including two written newly for the film... Read review

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Advantages: Everything Imaginable
Disadvantages: Nothing

...and compositions will make you shiver as you watch and listen. The concert is structured as a genuine cinematic experience, each song is aided by a video projection on a gigantic screen behind the stage (scenes from 'The WAll', Berlin Concert, original artwork, apocalyptic effects etc). The stage light effects are simple, yet bewildering. The album compiles the very best of the artist's old and new catalogue from "Another Brick in the Wall" to the new "Each Small Candle". The musicians are truly outstanding (all solos are memorable) and the female back vocalists will astound you. For instance, "Every Stranger's Eyes" and "Perfect Sense" are so powerful that your walls will shake. The reaction of the live audience is adequately captured too. The picture is excellent. Loads of features, including a documentary of the tour, biographies, interviews, bhind... Read review

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Advantages: EXCELLENT... GETS YOU IN THE MOOD FOR HEADBANGIN'
Disadvantages: NONE THAT I CAN THINK OF.. SORRY!

...This live DVD of Rammstein from Berlin, 1998 is truly amazing!!!! If you're a Rammstein film, this is a must have! As soon as you put it on it goes straight into the show which is kind of good as you are straight into the film and dont have to mess around with the controls... so just sit back and relax to the heavy metalness!!!!!!!!! The order of the songs go in the following order: 1. Spiel Mit Mir 2. Herzeleid 3. Bestrafe Mich 4. Weisses Fleisch 5. Sehnsucht 6. Asche Zu Asche 7. Wilder Wein 8. Klavier 9. Heirate Mich 10. Du Riechst So Gut 11. Du Hast 12. Engel 13. Rammstein 14. Tier 15. Laichezeit 16. Wollit Ihr Das Bett In Flammen Sehen? 17. Seemann However there is a little extra which is selecting the camera view you wish to see on three of the songs. The options are: -Vocals -Bass and Keys -Guitars -Drums -Wide -Director's cut... Read review

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