| Pompeii (live_at_pompeii) |
Displaying image 26 of 39
Manual Slideshow Mode |
|
|
|
|
|
 | |
 |
| IPTC INFO | | Caption | Conceived by the French director Adrian Maben as "an anti-Woodstock film " Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii was shot in October 1971 in a vacant 2 000-year-old amphitheater--a venue chosen to accentuate the grandeur and spaciousness of the band's Meddle-era music. This disc contains a new 90-minute director's cut as well as the original 60-minute concert film whose production and effects feel inescapably dated. Maben's cut goes to great lengths to lend the film a more contemporary feel but it's the earlier version that makes this disc such a gem being more focused on the music and more wholistic in vision. The anamorphic 16:9 director's cut interweaves the Pompeii performances with fascinating but distracting interviews and music snippets filmed later mostly during the recording of Dark Side of the Moon. The movie was originally prepared in a 4:3 aspect ratio however and the widescreen version crops perfectly framed images like the nine-square mosaic of drummer Nick Mason in "One of These Days." The original offers plenty of closeups of fingers on frets and keys with shots that are often luxuriously long in duration. And the picture quality from Pompeii is revelatory: outstandingly sharp and clear rich in subtle grades of light and color. Generous extras include everything from original posters reviews bootleg album covers and song lyrics to a 24-minute interview with Maben. But for all the director's talk of the glorious acoustics in Pompeii's amphitheater there's little natural ambience to be heard. The Dolby Digital 2.0 sound is clear dry and two-dimensional though notably better than any previous video release. --Michael Mikesell for amazon.com ________________________________ Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii Director's Cut 1974 Starring: David Gilmour Nick Mason Director: Adrian Maben ************** Check out 250+ reviews | | Headline | Pink Floyd at Pompeii | | Copyright Notice | 1971 Director's Cut DVD released 2004 | | URL | http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000DBJDM/002-2954091-0066447?wwwcarnavalcom |
| Filename |
Size |
Date Added |
Hits |
Rate It! |
| live_at_pompeii.JPG |
50 Kb |
11/30/2005 |
605 |
0.00 (0 votes) |
|
|
|
|
