Advantages: Vintage filming and massive setlist Disadvantages: No extra features
By the time The White Stripes played at Blackpool's Empress Ballroom, they were flying. Their most recent album of the time, Elephant, had taken their underground garage-rock blues to the mainstream and their most famous song Seven Nation Army was soon to become "rock song of 2004". This film was made over the penultimate two dates of their UK tour, which were both at Blackpool on the 27th and 28th of January, 2004.
And so, the DVD starts to play ... ...on the Blackpool promenade. The first thing you will notice is the quality of the footage. In true retro style, the film is shot using only 16mm film on Super 8 cameras. And once the concert begins, you begin to see why, as the vintage filming just adds to the atmosphere and experience. Having given up on the idea of setlists long ago, Jack and Meg White rely on instinct when choosing what song to play next, and they seem to choose correctly, as ...
armitage_cake 29.06.2007
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Music / Performing Arts, Comedy - Director: Trevor Nunn, Geoffrey Posner - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, Parental Guidance - Starring: Duncan Preston, Celia Imrie, Julie Walters, Victoria Wood, Jim Broadbent
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