Quite
possibly the greatest concert
film ever and a clear fore
runner of Spinal Tap. The Last
Waltz, directed by the legendary
Martin Scorsese, features the
farwell concert by The Band from
the mid 1970's interspersed with
interviews with the guys in the
band both before the gig and
after as well as three gorgeous
empty studio performances
including their keynote song The
Weight.
Inbetween playing their own
songs The Band invite some
friends along to jam with them,
stand outs here include Neil
Young, a very much enjoying
himself Ronnie Hawkins, Joni
Mitchell, a surprisingly
excellent Neil Diamond, Eric
Clapton and Van Morrison.
If
you are a fan of music there is
now ay you cannot have this in
your collection. Essential was
the word invented for this
release.
Extras
The Main extra
besides the usual scene indexing
etc is a very cool 20 minute
doco called The Last Waltz
revisited in which Robertson and
Scorsese talk about the making
of the film.
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