Blast! An Explosive Musical Celebration

Blast! An Explosive Musical Celebration

Blast! An Explosive Musical Celebration
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Actor: Blast
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Compilation, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-05-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Pbs (Direct)

Movie Reviews of Blast! An Explosive Musical Celebration

Movie Review: Blast DVD
Summary: 4 Stars

This item was ordered and paid for on 11/03/09. It arrived on 12/04/00 after several emails to the shipper. I first ordered this DVD in October and was sent the incorrect DVD and obviously returned it. That shipper informed me that they didn't have the correct one and would issue me a credit.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure I will order any other DVDs unless I'm sure they are coming from "AMAZON" directly.

Summary of Blast! An Explosive Musical Celebration

If your favorite part of a football game is when the marching band takes the field, then you're going to love Blast. Think of the most rousing, in-sync band that you ever saw, turn them way up, add cool costumes and a black-and-white checkered stage with colored spotlights, throw in a good helping of the Stomp vibe, and you've got Blast.

Color is the theme that threads the different musical pieces together. Beginning with Ravel's Bolero, the audience is pulled into this new music/dance/theatre experience as the band takes the stage marching, twirling, and weaving. The performers aren't simply musicians--they dance, sing, act, and play their brass and drums. "Loss," in the Blue section of the color wheel, is particularly touching. Even the flag team--a very sexy and talented flag team--is represented. The Green section melds into a sober and lovely rendition of "Simple Gifts," then concludes quietly with Copland's Appalachian Spring. In the black light of "Battery Battle," you're pulled into the rhythm of the lone drummer, then dueling snare drums, and finally a row of energetic, blindfolded drummers who never miss a beat. "Medea" combines movement and music in a dramatic interpretation of Samuel Barber's piece, and, set to a dance-club beat, "Lemon Techno" is a flurry of yellow flags, poles, and sensuous movement. A spectacularly sultry "Malaguena" drenched in red ends the program.

It's easy to see why Blast is a PBS favorite. It's an amazing new type of performance--one that every high school marching band member will want to emulate. Included here is a 25-minute documentary, Music in Motion: The Making of Blast, which takes you behind the scenes to the conception of the show and into the ensemble's homes and lives as they perform in London's West End. --Dana Van Nest

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