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| ACTORS: | Robbie Robertson |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Findlay Bunting |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 28 May, 1995 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Laserlight Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color |
| TYPE: | Music Video - Pop/Rock |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 018111201636 |
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Customer Reviews of Robbie Robertson: Going Home
Good old footage; bad new footage This DVD is worth a glimpse for the old film of the Band & a very young Bobby Dylan, but it's hard to take the 90s version of Robbie Robertson seriously when he has that ridiculous piece on his head. Depressing viewing indeed. Wow, how has his hair stayed so brown when all his contemporaries are gray? Incredible!
More importantly, his post-Band music is not much chop (it's embarrassing, actually) and he comes across as incredibly vain, single-handedly taking credit for all The Band's music. Still, he has some interesting turns of phrase and the interviews aren't bad.
Far better is Levon Helm's autobiography "This Wheel's On Fire" (1556524056)
A great look at an important artist
The "Going Home" DVD combines a number of scenes from a variety of sources. The most valuable to Band fans will be the footage from "Eat the Document", which remains unreleased. There are some errors in fact in the presentation. The most egregious of these is the inclusion and citing of "Up on Cripple Creek" as part of the Basement Tapes as well as citing 1968 as the year of the Basement Tapes. This is really just a bit of griping from a life-long fan of The Band. As a spokesman for the genre and art form, Robbie ranks up there with Pete Townshend as the finest ever.
like the finest of wine
Robbie Robertson is a phenomenon...he just keeps getting better and better...musically growing and breaking new ground. It's one of the things that makes this documentary so fascinating, to see the development from the early days to the present, ending as it does with a marvelous live performance of "Ghost Dance".
The musical clips are treasures. The moments with Willie Dixon, Bob Dylan (looking like a teenager), a few selections from "The Last Waltz", etc. He's also an expressive and eloquent interview subject...to hear him talk about his youth with Ronnie Hawkins, Dylan writing his songs on a typewriter, and so much more.
A great story teller, with subtle wit and sharp observations, he looks like a Native American Gary Cooper, long, lean and comfortable...with relaxed body language and a voice that's so easy on the ears, making this an incredibly entertaining and enjoyable 70 minutes, spent watching and hearing pure genius.