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I saw the Woodstock movie on TV when I was a kid several times. Even the butchered-for-TV, old, red and grainy, molested-by-commercials movie on an old tube sscreen was a an absolute time trip. There, I saw rock music at it's finest - spiritually, intellectually, politically, socially....all that. So, I was considering the fancy, drum-shaped DVD box set....but it didn't seem like there was much more there, only packaging. Maybe there is more. I don't know. I just wanted to see the film again. I copped this 2-DVD 2009 re-issue of the 1994 DVD instead new for $20. It clocks in at 3hrs 44mins. It looks and sounds great, considering the film they were working with.... I often wondered why Janis Joplin's performance wasn't in the original film I saw on TV. Well, it's worked into this Director's cut - and if you ask me, is worth the price of admission. After 42 years, her ghost can mop the floor with any singing diva you can name. AND - yay!!! - they included the bit where Hendrix stands there and riffs very strangely for about 8 minutes after Purple Haze, before the slower denoument. Voodoo Chile is included. OK - I'm happy. No clips of The Band or CCR for some reason. Maybe they are waiting for 2019 and the 50th anniv so they can release a big box set of every damn minute of Woodstock that was filmed. No real 'special features' on this DVD. I was hoping for some added footage. But there's always You Tube..... Yeah, R.I.P. old Woodstock Creatures. No wonder they're replacing you with computers and paranoia. You were right.Read full review
What can one say! It's WOODSTOCK! it's for real. It;s what really happened and was captured on film back in 1969. It's a great sociology lesson for today's younger generation that wasn't alive back then to see what the kids of that generation were like, etc.. Oh yeah and the music is great also! If only the Beatles had shown up, it's about the only thing WOODSTOCK lacked!
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Though never getting good reviews this DVD has; left an impression on me. It is long and full of music and life stories. There is some nudity but is tastefully done. The late Jimi Hendrix gives the performance of his life and is testimony to the difficulties of expressing oneself in music. One must feel awe at the size of this event, I lived through these times and saw it as the party of the century.
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Simply loved it from beginning to end! I was one of the millions of my generation on the road in '69 and still cherish those memories. Great DVD!
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this DVD 1st of all has weak program audio, and some narration, and the narration is in Spanish. otherwise this DVD has some very well, filmed scenes in it. shows good high lites of the time and place.
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