The legendary rock group, The Doors, were at their musical peak when this concert footage was taken. Filmed live at the Hollywood Bowl in the summer of 1968, Jim Morrison and the... more
confront the painful truth that popular music, to judge by its increasingly infantile and banal state, will never see their like again. Either that, or admit The ...
confront the painful truth that popular music, to judge by its increasingly infantile and banal state, will never see their like again. Either that, or admit The ...
peak in this, the only complete concert ever filmed of the controversial superband. Filmed live at the Hollywood Bowl during the Fourth of July weekend, 1968, The Doors perform their most critically-acclaimed music before a standing room only crowd. Unlike other Doors material, this once-thought-lost concert was captured by a four-camera crew with 16-track audio (mixed for the first time using digital technology) resulting in a production which enables fans both old and new to experience the actual sights and sounds of this immortal group on stage. Subtle and powerful, elusive and direct, The Doors Live At The Hollywood Bowl reveals The Doors at their dark and brilliant best - now... and forever.
confront the painful truth that popular music, to judge by it's increasingly infantile and banal state, will never see their like again. Either that, or admit The Doors were an irrelevant footnote in the history of pop--an idle thought that a few minutes of this extraordinary concert will dispel. Fortunately for posterity, this July 5, 1968 performance was captured by four cameras and recorded in 16-track audio. The result is a crisp picture and generally excellent stereo sound that is far better than most archive footage of this band.On stage Jim Morrison has the aura of an intense performance artist, whose dark, smoky voice forms only a part of his complex persona; guitarist Robby Krieger, keyboard player Ray Manzarek and drummer John Densmore complement Morrison's free-associative outpourings with improvisational jazz-inspired interjections. They make music like no other band before or since: who else could segue effortlessly from Kurt Weill's "Alabama Song" to Willie Dixon's "Back Door Man"? And just when they're in danger of becoming too pretentious, Morrison bursts any lurking self-importance with a wry smile, a jokey aside or even a belch. But the seriousness remains, at least implicitly, throughout as Morrison's edgy lyrics--from "When the Music's Over" to "The Unknown Soldier" and "The End"--constantly hint at disturbing social undercurrents outside the concert arena. Is it fanciful to imagine that in the minds of his audience the ghosts of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement are hovering just out of view? Such thoughtsare what make The Doors so unique: their music invites questions, positively dares the audience to ask them; that's why they remain so endlessly fascinating well over three decades later. And that's why this concert performance will find a home with any and every fan of the band. "The time to hesitate is through". --Mark Walker
Plot: Recorded live during the 1968 Independence Day celebrations. The only full-length performance film of The Doors, featuring among the many numbers 'Light My Fire', 'The Unknown Soldier' and 'The End', later used by Francis Coppola as the theme for 'Apocalypse Now'.
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
Release date: 04/09/2000
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: 078 031 2
Barcode: 0044007803127
Languages
Main Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
DVD Description
The legendary rock group, The Doors, were at their musical peak when this concert footage was taken. Filmed live at the Hollywood Bowl in the summer of 1968, Jim Morrison and the band perform an extended version of "Light My Fire," plus ten of their other most love songs, taking a standing room only audience on an aural journey of mystical worlds and psychedelic experiences.
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Advantages: Entertaining enough way to kill just over 100 minutes Disadvantages: You won't want to watch it more than once
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Rahul Seth is a millionaire living in Toronto with his widowed mother, paternal grandmother, younger sister Twinky, who?s about to be married and school-aged brother Govind. Rahul has his own bachelor pad but is madly in love with Canadian woman Kimberly who his mother and grandmother wholly disapprove of as they want him to marry an Indian girl preferably from their village back in India. Sadly for Rahul; Kimberly dies in a freak accident and his mother insists that he must at least get engaged before his sister?s wedding or it won?t take place. Twinky admits to her brother that she is pregnant so he has to take drastic action. He meets Sue in a bar and she admits she?s an escort, he assumes she?s Spanish, so he ?hires? her to...
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