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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus, Nick Doob |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 2001 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Live / Artisan |
| MPAA RATING: | G (General Audience) |
| FEATURES: | Anamorphic, Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Documentary, Movie, Music Video, Musicals, Performance |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 012236123248 |
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Customer Reviews of Down from the Mountain (The "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Concert)
A Superb Compilation of America's Music These are the people who appeared in the soundtrack for the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou. There's a whole lot more as <
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>this wonderful concert, but it was all carefully packaged in this DVD with interviews, and glimpses into the backstage frenzy that goes on in a concert like this. <
>Emmy Lou Harris, Alison Krauss and Union Station, the late John Hartford as emcee/musician, and a host of gospel, bluegrass and country musicians make this the perfect DVD for having friends over to watch. Perhaps my favorite tracks are the two numbers by Gillian Welch and partner David Rawlings. Both participate with other artists as well, but it is the closing pair of numbers by Dr. Ralph Stanley that give this DVD the stamp of historical significance. If you do not own this DVD, your music and film libraries are incomplete.
disarming
simply wish to make mention of the fact that last night I listened to and watched the video, for approximately the seventh time, of the Down From The Mountain concert. As I sat quietly in the afterglow I could not help but think, that anyone who has ever felt any love of America, its soul, its heritage, its people, and has not yet seen this video is doing themselves a disservice.
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> I really think that I experienced a transcendent moment watching and listening to one particular segment. When the master of ceremony, John Hartford, an Imp of a man in a black bowler hat and suspenders raised his fiddle and began to play, "That Lonesome Valley", I could hear the lyrics of my mind "when you walk that lonesome valley ...you've got to walk it by yourself." His friends and the audience all knew that this lovely man was dying of cancer and could be gone within the week. But he embraced us with his music and gave us the gift of staring a moment of being truly alive.
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>I have said it before and I'll say it again, this concert is truly disarming. BB
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Refreshing, uplifting, amazing
You're not going to be able to find another DVD that has all these legendary performers going up one by one to the same stage to perform for the same audience. So if you enjoy "old-timey mountain music", i.e. bluegrass, then just buy this DVD, and prepare to watch and listen again and again.
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>I have quite a few music DVDs, and I think the quality of this one is superior:
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>1) It's recorded in 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround sound.
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>2) Another reviewer complained about grainy video, but they just need to get a higher quality TV: I have a flat-screen Sony WEGA TV, and the picture is crisp and sharp.
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>3) Several reviewers have complained about the placement of the backstage conversations, and even the pre-concert footage. Suffice to say that since we weren't the directors, then it's not our decision. All concert DVDs have this extra footage; it's what people expect. I have music/concert DVDs where between every song are long rambling philosophical sermons by band members. It's like, hello! Put that stuff at the end instead of forcing it on people. That's not the case with this DVD. They do cut away near the end of a song by The Cox Family, but they're "keepin' it real", and you have to expect some of that on a concert DVD. Just be glad they didn't slip in some studio-shot music videos! (Like some other music DVDs that shall remain nameless.)
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>4) I would buy this just for the Cox Family performing "(Will There Be Any) Stars In My Crown," which is a pure bonus, since it was not in the "O Brother Where Art Thou?" movie soundtrack (which I have). In fact this is my favorite song performance of the whole DVD.
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>5) Some reviewers have complained about the lack of a "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" performance. My suggestion to those who pine for that song is to simply buy the "O Brother Where Art Thou?" movie soundtrack, and you will be the proud owner of no less than four different renditions on four different tracks, by four different blends of musicians. Bon appetite!
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>6) Lastly, I commend the directors, because in my opinion the screen shots and camera angles were just right. I don't want to have the camera shots jiggling and jumping around like a drunk monkey has ahold of the camera, and I don't want to just see one straight-on view, either. The directors find the right balance in this DVD, with a nice variety of close-ups of the singers and wider-angle stage shots.
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>Just buy this DVD and enjoy.