Jimi Plays Berkeley
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Actor: Jimi HendrixBrand: Uni
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Mca
Product features:
- JIMI PLAYS BERKELEY (DVD MOVIE)
Movie Reviews of Jimi Plays Berkeley
Movie Review: Highly Recommended
Summary: 5 Stars
You can't go wrong with this dvd. You get to SEE Hendrix play "Johnny B. Goode", "Hear My Train A Comin'", "I Don't Live Today", "Machine Gun", "Purple Haze", "Star Spangled Banner", and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)". Plus you get the rowdier second set (in audio only), which is almost twice as long as the video (and has some great stuff on it as well - the star-spangled banner is particularly inspired here).
As for the video, it's mind-blowing. So why quibble about the photography which lacks polish, but includes lots of things that work quite well. Hendrix is well covered. So is the audience. You really get a feel for the times. I didn't mind gratis shots of a Berkeley riot! I thought they were exciting and worked very well with Hendrix's playing in the background - they'd lost some footage of the concert and this was filler I guess, but really it's not that long, and it does bring you into what was going on at that time and in that place. Other small flaws on my video included movie titles in the begining that are slightly clipped, and grainy, unrestored color which looked similar to Woodstock quality footage.
I guess after reading all the moaning and groaning about video quality, I was expecting much worse, when it wasn't really that bad (we're talking the year after Woodstock) - BUT what's more important - Hendrix's playing at this show is incindiary - on fire. He writhes like a man possessed, plays the guitar every which way and we get to watch it, nay own it, for less than ten bucks! You can't go wrong here, and you'll have fun showing this little ditty to your friends for years to come.
Summary of Jimi Plays Berkeley
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