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But if Hendrix the musician shines through, this is not the most insightful profile of Hendrix the man. The circumstances surrounding his death, for example, are hardly touched upon (girlfriend at the time Monika Dannemann gets only a few seconds of screen time). Interview footage with Hendrix himself plus some occasionally rambling and incoherent comments from such intimates as his father, army buddies, ex-girlfriends (including Linda Keith, who "discovered" him in New York and brought him to England), and fellow musicians all take second place to the music itself. The most sensible quote comes from Little Richard, who proves once and for all that he's utterly bonkers when he says of Jimi's music: "At times he made my big toes shoot up into my boot." --Mark Walker, Amazon.co.uk
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Gary Weis, John Head (III), Joe Boyd |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1973 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Music Video - Pop/Rock |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 085391126720 |
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ONE OF THE BEST FANS OF THE LATE JIMI I loved this movie it has great clips of some of jimi's most amazing concerts it has people that really knew him talking about the things that brings him back to earth and makes him seem like a normal person like being shy and such n such,but at the same time they make him seem more than life.I really loved the red house clip and the rare clip of him playing the 12 string box guitar.The clip were he plays the star spangled banner,it was so good i ordered the live at wood stock movie. I will name all the songs played,well the ones i remember because i know how it is when you go by these reviews...Purple haze,"Hear my train a comin",Machine Gun,The Star Spangled Banner,Johny B Good,Red house,"Rock Me Baby", Wild Thing,(some of)Don't Live Today,there may be 1 or 2 more i aint watched it in a while. After about the 30th or 40th time you see it you kinda get tired of the interviews because you already know it all,but you still have to get this movie because the interviews are real good they talk a little about jimi and his acid and its just an over all great movie....AMAZING MOVIE ABOUT JIMI. ! .....well i'll be back later to tell you about another great jimi movie later until then pieace out all!
don't throw away your lp!
In all fairness, this is a documentary of the musician's career, not a purely musical cd, therefore its producers are entitled to a presentation they deem relevant. However, what is a documentary about Jimi Hendrix if not his music? Some judicious cuts are made in the sometimes rambling monologues of the interviewees, notably Hendrix's father, and that's fine. Furthermore, the interviewees are smart and interesting, and between them manage to give us a straighforward, not fawning, portrait of a shy, complex genius. But several cuts have been made to music as well, and that's not fine at all. In fact, few tracks are complete (for instance, Johnny B. Goode lacks its terrific intro, and both Machine Gun versions are substantially chopped down) and a lot of Jimi's banter is gone as well; it may not have been crucial, but I, for one, enjoyed it. So, I'd say, for the visual effect, this dvd is priceless - and, inevitably, much sharper than the vhs version - but if you also want the complete music, every note of it, and if you're lucky enough to have the original double-lp, keep it! The album was never issued as a cd, although parts of it are doubtless strewn across the various sludge Jimi's estate keeps dredging out of somewhere to make a buck.
A true EXPERIENCE
Even if you dont like him,
his GREATNESS will allways out last,
your thoughts about him.
that in it self is werth the EXPEIRENCE!
I was about 13 when i first saw this film,
my best freind did not know it but by making,
me go see this film,he was going to change,
for good or bad my LIFE forever.
I did not really like jimi at the TIME,
but he had a great presants that could not be over looked.
For the first time in my life i saw my inner soul,
a TRUE SOUL BROTHER,his black african and native american,
Irish roots, i sher with him.
his left handedness and shuffled child hood.
and his 4REAL HONESTY and shyness i found reflected in me.
this is not the best documentery in the world,
but if you dont know anything about THE MAN,
then you must check this flik out.
it might just make you SEE DEEPER than the surfes,
of all things will allow.
SEE as many HENDRIX DVD`S AS YOU CAN,
There all diferant,
and werth the (EXPEIENCE).