Documentary
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Woodstock & Cinema: Scrapbook Thoughts (Vol. 3) – ‘Now & Then’
/// These are the highlighted scraps from my Woodstock series concerning the festivals following the original 1969 festival. Celebration events happened in ’79, 89, ’94 and ’99. Some people think that the festival spirit needs to stop, with the final death knell in a cancelled 50th anniversary during 2019. Michael Lang passed away; the Japanese…
Cinema, Documentary, Festival (1967), Film Pravda, Franc Roddam, Garrett Price, History, Jamie Crawford, Message to Love (1970), MTV, Murray Lerner, Nineties, Quadrophenia (1979), Tobe Carey, Trainwreck: Woodstock 99 (2022), Truth, Violence, Woodsock '99, Woodstock, Woodstock '94, Woodstock '94…Not the Music…Just the Scene (2017), Woodstock '99: Peace Love and Rage (2021)
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Woodstock & Cinema: Scrapbook Thoughts (Vol. 2) – ‘Woodstock Generation’
A look at several key acts associated with Woodstock, as well as several projects from the same era.
A Film About Jimi Hendrix (1973), Ahmir Questlove Thompson, Albert & David Maylses, Amir Bar-Lev, Amy Berg, Animation, Avandáro (1972), Avandáro Festival, Bob Dylan, Bob Smeaton, bootleg, Charlotte Zwerin, Cinema, D.A Pennebaker, Documentary, Dont Look Back (1967), Festival Express (2003), Film Pravda, Frank Cvitanovich, Gary Weis, Gimme Shelter (1970), Harlem Cultural Festival, Howard Alk, Janis (1974), Janis Joplin, Janis Joplin Little Girl Blue (2015), Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church (2015), Joe Boyd, John Head, Long Strange Trip (2017), Martin Scorcese, Mel Stuart, Michael Wadleigh, Monterey Pop (1968), No Direction Home (2005), Sha Na Na, Stax Records, Summer of Soul (2021), The Band, The Grateful Dead, The Grateful Dead Movie (1977), The Last Waltz (1978), The Rolling Stones, WattStax (1973), Woodstock (1970)
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Woodstock & Cinema: Scrapbook Thoughts (Vol. 1)
In April 2022, I decided to embark on a journey to watch the cinematic material currently related to Woodstock Festival (founded by Woodstock Ventures), specifically the first event in August 15th, 16,th, 17th and 18th August 1969, Bethel NY. This is a scrapbook of cinema thoughts and understanding related to all materials Woodstock; documentaries, feature…
A Walk on the Moon (1999), Ang Lee, Barak Goodman, Bob Smeaton, Bruce Beresford, Chris Hegedus, Cinema, Creating Woodstock (2019), D.A Pennebaker, David McDonald, Documentary, Erez Laufer, Film, Film Pravda, History, Ideas, Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock (2014), Leslie Bloom, Michael Wadleigh, Mick Richards, Peace Love & Misunderstanding (2011), Taking Woodstock (2009), Truth, Woodstock, Woodstock (1970), Woodstock Diary (1994), Woodstock or Bust (2018), Woodstock Revisited (2009), Woodstock: 3 Days That Defined A Generation (2019)
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From Dune (1965) to Dune (2021)
From Dune (1965) to Dune (2021) : From Visions to Villeneuve – a look at journey of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi masterpiece onto cinema.
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Cinema, Cryo Entertainment, David Lynch, Denis Villeneuve, Documentary, Dune, Dune (1965), Dune (1984), Dune (2021), Film, Film Pravda, Frank Herbert, Frank Pavich, History, Ideas, Location, Michel Séydoux, Paul Atreides, Philosophy, Raefaella Di Laurentiis, Ridley Scott, Terrain, Truth
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Kino-Pravda Docs: #10 – Close Up
A look at Abbas Kiarostami’s dizzying docufiction masterpiece of truths and lies.
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Kino-Pravda Docs: #9 – Hale County This Morning, This Evening
A look at RaMell Ross’s reflective lake of human experience, Hale County This Morning, This Evening
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Kino-Pravda Docs: #8 – Three Identical Strangers
A look a the exquisite deliriousness of Tim Wardle’s true documentary, Three Identical Strangers.
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Kino-Pravda Docs #7: – Titicut Follies
A look and a look back at one of the starkest documentaries ever filmed.
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Kino-Pravda Docs: #5 – The Act of Killing
A look into the dark blurred environment of The Act of Killing, and what truth and lies it lays bare.
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Author: The JT Leroy Story – A Tale Of Two (Three, Four, Five…) Truths
A look at the documentary and the blurry lines of fiction meeting reality.
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