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It's the big names--like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Johnny Cash, and Peter, Paul & Mary--who command most of the attention, but they aren't what director-producer Murray Lerner's Festival!, a 97-minute, black & white chronicle of the Newport (Rhode Island) Folk Festival in 1963, '64, and '65, is really all about. In fact, while those artists were the face of that era's folk boom, their music hasn't aged especially well; with the exception of Dylan (who appears both solo and with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, who helped him break the sound barrier in '65) and Cash, their songs were so earnest, their delivery so pristine and humorless, that these days they evoke squirm-inducing parallels to Christopher Guest's folk satire A Mighty Wind. It's the clips of, say, the Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers, with their virtuoso square dance moves; the high, lonesome bluegrass of the Osborne Brothers; the deep gospel of the Georgia Sea Island Singers and the Staple Singers; the down home Delta blues (or, as he spells it, "b-l-u-s-e") of Son House, or even the astonishing Cousin Emmy, who plays "Turkey in the Straw" on her cheeks, that remind us that "folk" encompasses a great deal more than protest singers strumming acoustic guitars. As for Lerner's stated intention to "make a film about something bigger than music… a film that was an expression of this new culture," sure, whatever; there are plenty of interviews with artists and concert-goers alike to back that up. But Festival! revolves around the music, and therein lies its major flaw: namely, the lack of complete performances of any songs, which reduces the film's status from essential to merely interesting. --Sam Graham
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Murray Lerner |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 2005 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Eagle Vision USA |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Compilation, Dolby, Live, Subtitled, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy, Folk & Traditional, Music Video, Performance, Pop, Rock/Pop Collections, V/a Compilations |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 801213910199 |
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Customer Reviews of Festival! - The Newport Folk Festival
A must have for Folkies This is a very cool movie that gives the viewer the feeling of being at the festival during the height of the Folk music era.I highly recommend it.
excellent historical footage
Great, informal footage and music of a historic time with Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and many others - in their -early - prime.
A must
Anyone interested in the changing folk music scene of the 60's should have this wonderful documentary! Dylan's 1965 Maggie's Farm alone is worth the price!