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At the Cape Cinema, Dennis, Massachusetts, and in limited engagements.
*****
The is a 4K restoration and re-mix of the 1972 performance film that Pink Floyd made between the release of Meddle and Dark Side of the Moon. The picture, which was photographed in the Academy aspect ratio, has been extensively dust-busted and color corrected, and looks great. Prog rock guru Steven Wilson has remixed and 5.1 channeled the music to great effect as well, but some of the other audio (the interviews and the chatter in the Abbey Road cafeteria) is still weak and indecipherable. The movie has appeared in various edits and in various running times, for this release the footage that was added for the 2002 director's cut has been removed, and it now clocks in at about 85 minutes.
The picture still stands up pretty well, although the overcaffeinated editing and multi-tile wipe effects come off as a little dated. It was interesting to see Roger Waters claim, 53 years ago, that "rock and roll will never end", a statement that doesn't hold up too well these days. The film also reinforces something I've always thought about Pink Floyd: that while Gilmour and Waters are still having their endless pissing match about who was the greater creative force, the band as a whole wouldn't have had anywhere near the impact without Richard Wright. It was his keyboard work and musicianship in general was really the thing that made the music what it was.
I probably should have made an effort to see an IMAX showing, but as a lifelong fan it was still worth a trip to the cinema before the home video release next week. There are showings thru the weekend.
pinkfloyd.film
*****
The is a 4K restoration and re-mix of the 1972 performance film that Pink Floyd made between the release of Meddle and Dark Side of the Moon. The picture, which was photographed in the Academy aspect ratio, has been extensively dust-busted and color corrected, and looks great. Prog rock guru Steven Wilson has remixed and 5.1 channeled the music to great effect as well, but some of the other audio (the interviews and the chatter in the Abbey Road cafeteria) is still weak and indecipherable. The movie has appeared in various edits and in various running times, for this release the footage that was added for the 2002 director's cut has been removed, and it now clocks in at about 85 minutes.
The picture still stands up pretty well, although the overcaffeinated editing and multi-tile wipe effects come off as a little dated. It was interesting to see Roger Waters claim, 53 years ago, that "rock and roll will never end", a statement that doesn't hold up too well these days. The film also reinforces something I've always thought about Pink Floyd: that while Gilmour and Waters are still having their endless pissing match about who was the greater creative force, the band as a whole wouldn't have had anywhere near the impact without Richard Wright. It was his keyboard work and musicianship in general was really the thing that made the music what it was.
I probably should have made an effort to see an IMAX showing, but as a lifelong fan it was still worth a trip to the cinema before the home video release next week. There are showings thru the weekend.
pinkfloyd.film