Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 (Special Edition)
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Actor: The WhoBrand: RED DISTRIBUTION
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Live, NTSC, Special Edition
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 134 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Eagle Rock Ent
Movie Reviews of Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 (Special Edition)
Movie Review: An Improvement Over The Original Release
Summary: 4 Stars
Dedicated fans of the Who will probably already have the earlier DVD release of this documentary. This newer one is better, with worthwhile improvements in video and audio quality (especially the latter), two tracks from the "Tommy" set that were not included in the 85-minute original (why not?), and an excellent 40-minute modern-day interview of Pete Townshend by Murray Learner, the original documentrist.
I'm giving it four instead of five stars because this re-release could not or did not repair some of the frustrations of the original film: The camera angles are often poor (you'll see the back of Pete's left shoulder a lot), and the framing too tight; the audio and video are imperfectly synched in places, which seems particularly galling after almost 40 years of technology advance; there is too much (meaning some) use of rapid in-and-out camera zoom in time with the music, which is pointlessly distracting and was already hackneyed even in 1970; there is too much footage wasted on the crowd (you didn't go to the concert to see the audience); and the camera gives short shrift to John Entwhistle, the superb Ox, arguably the greatest bass player in rock history. And finally, it's a historic performance, but not the Who's best. If you have the expanded audio CD re-issues of "Live at Leeds" and "Who's Next" (and you should), the songs are in general performed better there.
So why even four stars, then? Because the Who, even at 2am on an off night, have never been topped as a live act; because this is, in fact, virtually a music video of "Live at Leeds," given the supreme but understated confidence of the band, their mastery of the audience, and the overwhelming sense of serious fun they brought to a performance; because the camera's admiring and admirable footage of Keith Moon, that rocket-fueled Puck, is almost a movie in itself; because Townshend never did, said, or played anything that wasn't interesting; and because this show, like "Live at Leads," happened at the crest between two eras: the crashing late-60s R&B-Who was giving place to the melodic and complicated Tommy-Daltry-Who, with hints ("Water," "Don't Even Know Myself") of the Next Who.
So overall, it is a fair movie of a great band, which makes it an almost-great movie. I would recommend just as much, though, "The Who at Kilburn: 1977," which contains that performance, seven years after the Isle of Wight, and one from 1969 at the London Coliseum -- two shows that bookend this more famous and better-known document.
Summary of Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 (Special Edition)
This new edition of Murray Lerner's film of The Who's legendary performance at the 1970 Isle Of Wight Festival features newly restored pictures and remixed sound, along with exclusive bonus features to finally give this amazing concert the quality release it deserves. Accept no substitute and play it loud!TRACKLISTING 1. Heaven and Hell 2. I Can't Explain 3. Young Man Blues 4. I Don't Even Know Myself 5. Water 6. Medley: Shakin' All Over / Spoonful / Twist and Shout 7. Summertime Blues 8. My Generation 9. Magic Bus From "Tommy": 10. Overture 11. It's a Boy 12. Eyesight to the Blind (The Hawker) 13. Christmas 14. The Acid Queen 15. Pinball Wizard 16. Do You Think It's Alright 17. Fiddle About 18. Go to the Mirror 19. Miracle Cure 20. I'm Free 21. We're Not Gonna Take It 22. See Me Feel Me / Listening to You 23. Tommy Can You Hear Me?
BONUS FEATURES Bonus tracks omitted from the original film: 1. Substitute 2. Naked Eye New 40 minute interview with Pete Townshend.
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